Definition of sermonize in English:

sermonize

(British sermonise)

verb ˈsəːmənʌɪzˈsərməˌnaɪz

[no object]

1Compose or deliver a sermon.
Example sentencesExamples
- But after years of warning worshipers to avoid the seduction of material success, pastors are now sermonizing on the predicaments of sudden economic misfortune.
- He urges the nervous young priest to sermonize against her.
- Father Peter is a likable character who seems to enjoy fishing and gambling more than sermonizing, though he has some pragmatic, down to earth advice for those who need it.
- Preachers paid for time to sermonize, listeners could call in, some slots were reserved for Christian music.
- Millions of Muslims today go to their local mosques and hear their preachers sermonize from the Holy Koran.
- In their hey-day, the Seven Deadlies could draw forth endless hours of vituperative sermonising in the churches and cathedrals that were packed to capacity.
- He was the son of a Baptist preacher who sermonized about the virtues of the free market.
- Urge upon your minister, priest, rabbi or bishop that as a moral leader of the community he or she should sermonize and speak out publicly against hate crimes, especially against anti-gay violence.
- In May 1596 he was appointed rector to East Hoathly and the same year sermonized there on the Book of Ruth.
- In the Reformation church sermonizing in the nave gave particular meaning to the term ‘auditory’ church.
- At the time of the framing, by contrast, preachers were instrumental in instituting the rule of law, sermonizing in favor of obedience to legitimately enacted laws.
- He even sent a field representative who encouraged local pastors to sermonize about the school choice issue.
Synonyms
religious teaching, instruction, message
2Deliver an opinionated and dogmatic talk to someone.
they confidently sermonize on the fixed nature of identity
Example sentencesExamples
- As the show progresses, the characters piece together their common histories, all the while bickering, bellowing and sermonizing to great effect.
- It wasn't just for me - I knew he'd appreciate not having to listen to Opal sermonize at his expense for a while.
- What I'm trying hard to resist here is an impulse to sermonize against a comeback of the notion, so fashionable in the sixties, that all art is neurotic or psychotic, and that madness is a proof of grace.
- ‘Today, our party readies itself to mount the wave of the future,’ he sermonized.
- I'll give those other critics that Peck's character does become given to sermonizing and preaching.
- Whenever a young footballer goes off the rails, these ‘survivors’ are always wheeled out to sermonise about the dangers of addiction.
- Care had to be taken not to preach or sermonise or abstractly reach the ‘so-called intellectual audience’ alone.
- Clearly, therefore, the best way to achieve this is to turn up at their flat at midnight after having been to a party, then proceed to sermonise drunkenly for two hours until they tell you that they have to go to bed.
- I think it is because he ends up sermonizing rather than offering constructive ways to deal with our current curricular problems.
- I blushed when he sermonized to one of my boyfriends about the vitality and pleasure of true love.
- Keith specialised in depraved characters who committed acts of extreme brutality while sermonising on the virtues of a good and moral life.
- But this is not the time for sermonizing or moralizing over US foreign policy.
- He frequently sermonizes on the moral failings of others, including other public figures.
- Neither does he sermonise through his characters, a temptation that few directors can resist.
- Though she is careful not to ever pontificate or sermonise, she believes that written works of fiction ought to convey some message.
- There is always a danger of such prose seeming like sermonizing.
- In fact, there are times when the film edges close to sermonizing.
- In their speech, there is a tendency to be rhetorical and instructive and school-masterly and sermonising.
- This is not the time, he says, to stir up anti-American sentiments, or sermonise over US foreign policy.
- He slumps in the auditorium, worrying that his mother is rambling or sermonising.
Synonyms
hold forth, expound, declaim, preach, lay down the law, express one's opinion, express one's opinion pompously, sound off, spout, spout off, dogmatize, moralize, pronounce, lecture, expatiate

Derivatives

sermonizer

noun ˈsəːmənʌɪzəˈsərməˌnaɪzər

Devout young parents, presiding over their growing broods with apparent joy and serenity, preached more eloquently to the community that watched them than the most accomplished sermonizer could do.
Example sentencesExamples
- More and more of these gentlemen seem to feel impelled to do this, too, even though the truth is that there are not many sermonizers who can carry it off successfully.
- And one of the main reasons for boardroom chicanery is that far too much of the ‘money out’ goes to governments, which may pay lip service to reducing taxes but, like the secular sermonisers of the left, talk a much better game than they play.
- Yet although she clearly possesses both a vision of theatre's social role and an interest in the fate of those at the fringes of society, she is no sermoniser.
- If the broadsheets were badly written, if the sermonisers and pundits couldn't speak in coherent sentences, if you routinely turned the radio on to hear people not making any sense, it would all be much easier to dismiss.

Definition of sermonize in US English:

sermonize

(British sermonise)

verbˈsərməˌnīzˈsərməˌnaɪz

[no object]

1Compose or deliver a sermon.
Example sentencesExamples
- Preachers paid for time to sermonize, listeners could call in, some slots were reserved for Christian music.
- Millions of Muslims today go to their local mosques and hear their preachers sermonize from the Holy Koran.
- In the Reformation church sermonizing in the nave gave particular meaning to the term ‘auditory’ church.
- Urge upon your minister, priest, rabbi or bishop that as a moral leader of the community he or she should sermonize and speak out publicly against hate crimes, especially against anti-gay violence.
- He was the son of a Baptist preacher who sermonized about the virtues of the free market.
- Father Peter is a likable character who seems to enjoy fishing and gambling more than sermonizing, though he has some pragmatic, down to earth advice for those who need it.
- In May 1596 he was appointed rector to East Hoathly and the same year sermonized there on the Book of Ruth.
- At the time of the framing, by contrast, preachers were instrumental in instituting the rule of law, sermonizing in favor of obedience to legitimately enacted laws.
- He even sent a field representative who encouraged local pastors to sermonize about the school choice issue.
- He urges the nervous young priest to sermonize against her.
- In their hey-day, the Seven Deadlies could draw forth endless hours of vituperative sermonising in the churches and cathedrals that were packed to capacity.
- But after years of warning worshipers to avoid the seduction of material success, pastors are now sermonizing on the predicaments of sudden economic misfortune.
Synonyms
religious teaching, instruction, message
1. 1.1 Deliver an opinionated and dogmatic talk to someone.
  they confidently sermonize on the fixed nature of identity
  with object I just don't like being sermonized
  Example sentencesExamples
  What I'm trying hard to resist here is an impulse to sermonize against a comeback of the notion, so fashionable in the sixties, that all art is neurotic or psychotic, and that madness is a proof of grace.
  ‘Today, our party readies itself to mount the wave of the future,’ he sermonized.
  There is always a danger of such prose seeming like sermonizing.
  He slumps in the auditorium, worrying that his mother is rambling or sermonising.
  Clearly, therefore, the best way to achieve this is to turn up at their flat at midnight after having been to a party, then proceed to sermonise drunkenly for two hours until they tell you that they have to go to bed.
  In fact, there are times when the film edges close to sermonizing.
  Keith specialised in depraved characters who committed acts of extreme brutality while sermonising on the virtues of a good and moral life.
  It wasn't just for me - I knew he'd appreciate not having to listen to Opal sermonize at his expense for a while.
  Though she is careful not to ever pontificate or sermonise, she believes that written works of fiction ought to convey some message.
  I think it is because he ends up sermonizing rather than offering constructive ways to deal with our current curricular problems.
  I'll give those other critics that Peck's character does become given to sermonizing and preaching.
  Care had to be taken not to preach or sermonise or abstractly reach the ‘so-called intellectual audience’ alone.
  I blushed when he sermonized to one of my boyfriends about the vitality and pleasure of true love.
  As the show progresses, the characters piece together their common histories, all the while bickering, bellowing and sermonizing to great effect.
  In their speech, there is a tendency to be rhetorical and instructive and school-masterly and sermonising.
  This is not the time, he says, to stir up anti-American sentiments, or sermonise over US foreign policy.
  Neither does he sermonise through his characters, a temptation that few directors can resist.
  Whenever a young footballer goes off the rails, these ‘survivors’ are always wheeled out to sermonise about the dangers of addiction.
  But this is not the time for sermonizing or moralizing over US foreign policy.
  He frequently sermonizes on the moral failings of others, including other public figures.
  Synonyms
  hold forth, expound, declaim, preach, lay down the law, express one's opinion, express one's opinion pompously, sound off, spout, spout off, dogmatize, moralize, pronounce, lecture, expatiate

单词	sermonize
释义	Definition of sermonize in English: sermonize (British sermonise) verb ˈsəːmənʌɪzˈsərməˌnaɪz [no object] 1Compose or deliver a sermon. Example sentencesExamples But after years of warning worshipers to avoid the seduction of material success, pastors are now sermonizing on the predicaments of sudden economic misfortune. He urges the nervous young priest to sermonize against her. Father Peter is a likable character who seems to enjoy fishing and gambling more than sermonizing, though he has some pragmatic, down to earth advice for those who need it. Preachers paid for time to sermonize, listeners could call in, some slots were reserved for Christian music. Millions of Muslims today go to their local mosques and hear their preachers sermonize from the Holy Koran. In their hey-day, the Seven Deadlies could draw forth endless hours of vituperative sermonising in the churches and cathedrals that were packed to capacity. He was the son of a Baptist preacher who sermonized about the virtues of the free market. Urge upon your minister, priest, rabbi or bishop that as a moral leader of the community he or she should sermonize and speak out publicly against hate crimes, especially against anti-gay violence. In May 1596 he was appointed rector to East Hoathly and the same year sermonized there on the Book of Ruth. In the Reformation church sermonizing in the nave gave particular meaning to the term ‘auditory’ church. At the time of the framing, by contrast, preachers were instrumental in instituting the rule of law, sermonizing in favor of obedience to legitimately enacted laws. He even sent a field representative who encouraged local pastors to sermonize about the school choice issue. Synonyms religious teaching, instruction, message 2Deliver an opinionated and dogmatic talk to someone. they confidently sermonize on the fixed nature of identity Example sentencesExamples As the show progresses, the characters piece together their common histories, all the while bickering, bellowing and sermonizing to great effect. It wasn't just for me - I knew he'd appreciate not having to listen to Opal sermonize at his expense for a while. What I'm trying hard to resist here is an impulse to sermonize against a comeback of the notion, so fashionable in the sixties, that all art is neurotic or psychotic, and that madness is a proof of grace. ‘Today, our party readies itself to mount the wave of the future,’ he sermonized. I'll give those other critics that Peck's character does become given to sermonizing and preaching. Whenever a young footballer goes off the rails, these ‘survivors’ are always wheeled out to sermonise about the dangers of addiction. Care had to be taken not to preach or sermonise or abstractly reach the ‘so-called intellectual audience’ alone. Clearly, therefore, the best way to achieve this is to turn up at their flat at midnight after having been to a party, then proceed to sermonise drunkenly for two hours until they tell you that they have to go to bed. I think it is because he ends up sermonizing rather than offering constructive ways to deal with our current curricular problems. I blushed when he sermonized to one of my boyfriends about the vitality and pleasure of true love. Keith specialised in depraved characters who committed acts of extreme brutality while sermonising on the virtues of a good and moral life. But this is not the time for sermonizing or moralizing over US foreign policy. He frequently sermonizes on the moral failings of others, including other public figures. Neither does he sermonise through his characters, a temptation that few directors can resist. Though she is careful not to ever pontificate or sermonise, she believes that written works of fiction ought to convey some message. There is always a danger of such prose seeming like sermonizing. In fact, there are times when the film edges close to sermonizing. In their speech, there is a tendency to be rhetorical and instructive and school-masterly and sermonising. This is not the time, he says, to stir up anti-American sentiments, or sermonise over US foreign policy. He slumps in the auditorium, worrying that his mother is rambling or sermonising. Synonyms hold forth, expound, declaim, preach, lay down the law, express one's opinion, express one's opinion pompously, sound off, spout, spout off, dogmatize, moralize, pronounce, lecture, expatiate Derivatives sermonizer noun ˈsəːmənʌɪzəˈsərməˌnaɪzər Devout young parents, presiding over their growing broods with apparent joy and serenity, preached more eloquently to the community that watched them than the most accomplished sermonizer could do. Example sentencesExamples More and more of these gentlemen seem to feel impelled to do this, too, even though the truth is that there are not many sermonizers who can carry it off successfully. And one of the main reasons for boardroom chicanery is that far too much of the ‘money out’ goes to governments, which may pay lip service to reducing taxes but, like the secular sermonisers of the left, talk a much better game than they play. Yet although she clearly possesses both a vision of theatre's social role and an interest in the fate of those at the fringes of society, she is no sermoniser. If the broadsheets were badly written, if the sermonisers and pundits couldn't speak in coherent sentences, if you routinely turned the radio on to hear people not making any sense, it would all be much easier to dismiss. Definition of sermonize in US English: sermonize (British sermonise) verbˈsərməˌnīzˈsərməˌnaɪz [no object] 1Compose or deliver a sermon. Example sentencesExamples Preachers paid for time to sermonize, listeners could call in, some slots were reserved for Christian music. Millions of Muslims today go to their local mosques and hear their preachers sermonize from the Holy Koran. In the Reformation church sermonizing in the nave gave particular meaning to the term ‘auditory’ church. Urge upon your minister, priest, rabbi or bishop that as a moral leader of the community he or she should sermonize and speak out publicly against hate crimes, especially against anti-gay violence. He was the son of a Baptist preacher who sermonized about the virtues of the free market. Father Peter is a likable character who seems to enjoy fishing and gambling more than sermonizing, though he has some pragmatic, down to earth advice for those who need it. In May 1596 he was appointed rector to East Hoathly and the same year sermonized there on the Book of Ruth. At the time of the framing, by contrast, preachers were instrumental in instituting the rule of law, sermonizing in favor of obedience to legitimately enacted laws. He even sent a field representative who encouraged local pastors to sermonize about the school choice issue. He urges the nervous young priest to sermonize against her. In their hey-day, the Seven Deadlies could draw forth endless hours of vituperative sermonising in the churches and cathedrals that were packed to capacity. But after years of warning worshipers to avoid the seduction of material success, pastors are now sermonizing on the predicaments of sudden economic misfortune. Synonyms religious teaching, instruction, message 1.1 Deliver an opinionated and dogmatic talk to someone. they confidently sermonize on the fixed nature of identity with object I just don't like being sermonized Example sentencesExamples What I'm trying hard to resist here is an impulse to sermonize against a comeback of the notion, so fashionable in the sixties, that all art is neurotic or psychotic, and that madness is a proof of grace. ‘Today, our party readies itself to mount the wave of the future,’ he sermonized. There is always a danger of such prose seeming like sermonizing. He slumps in the auditorium, worrying that his mother is rambling or sermonising. Clearly, therefore, the best way to achieve this is to turn up at their flat at midnight after having been to a party, then proceed to sermonise drunkenly for two hours until they tell you that they have to go to bed. In fact, there are times when the film edges close to sermonizing. Keith specialised in depraved characters who committed acts of extreme brutality while sermonising on the virtues of a good and moral life. It wasn't just for me - I knew he'd appreciate not having to listen to Opal sermonize at his expense for a while. Though she is careful not to ever pontificate or sermonise, she believes that written works of fiction ought to convey some message. I think it is because he ends up sermonizing rather than offering constructive ways to deal with our current curricular problems. I'll give those other critics that Peck's character does become given to sermonizing and preaching. Care had to be taken not to preach or sermonise or abstractly reach the ‘so-called intellectual audience’ alone. I blushed when he sermonized to one of my boyfriends about the vitality and pleasure of true love. As the show progresses, the characters piece together their common histories, all the while bickering, bellowing and sermonizing to great effect. In their speech, there is a tendency to be rhetorical and instructive and school-masterly and sermonising. This is not the time, he says, to stir up anti-American sentiments, or sermonise over US foreign policy. Neither does he sermonise through his characters, a temptation that few directors can resist. Whenever a young footballer goes off the rails, these ‘survivors’ are always wheeled out to sermonise about the dangers of addiction. But this is not the time for sermonizing or moralizing over US foreign policy. He frequently sermonizes on the moral failings of others, including other public figures. Synonyms hold forth, expound, declaim, preach, lay down the law, express one's opinion, express one's opinion pompously, sound off, spout, spout off, dogmatize, moralize, pronounce, lecture, expatiate
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