单词 | sermon |
释义 | sermon/ˈsəːmən![]() noun 1A talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible: I preached my first sermon on original sin...
Synonyms homily, address, speech, talk, discourse, oration; lesson; preaching, teaching rare peroration 2 informal A long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture: he understood that if he said any more he would have to listen to another lengthy sermon...
Synonyms lecture, tirade, harangue, diatribe; speech, disquisition, monologue, declamation, exhortation; reprimand, reproach, reproof, scolding, admonishment, admonition, reproval, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, criticism, censure informal spiel, telling-off, talking-to, rap over the knuckles, dressing-down, earful, roasting, bawling-out, blast, row British informal ticking off, carpeting, rollicking, wigging British vulgar slang bollocking dated rating Derivativessermonic
OriginMiddle English (also in the sense 'speech, discourse'): from Old French, from Latin sermo(n-) 'discourse, talk'. Rhymes |
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