moralize
verb /ˈmɒrəlaɪz/
/ˈmɔːrəlaɪz/
(British English also moralise)
[intransitive] (usually disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they moralize | /ˈmɒrəlaɪz/ /ˈmɔːrəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it moralizes | /ˈmɒrəlaɪzɪz/ /ˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple moralized | /ˈmɒrəlaɪzd/ /ˈmɔːrəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle moralized | /ˈmɒrəlaɪzd/ /ˈmɔːrəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form moralizing | /ˈmɒrəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈmɔːrəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to tell other people what is right and wrong especially in order to emphasize that your opinions are correct synonym preach
- He’s always moralizing about ‘young people today’.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘explain the moral meaning of’): from French moraliser or medieval Latin moralizare, from late Latin moralis, from mos, mor- ‘custom’, (plural) mores ‘morals’.