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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024preach•y (prē′chē),USA pronunciation adj., preach•i•er, preach•i•est. - tediously or pretentiously didactic.
preach′i•ly, adv. preach′i•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: preachy /ˈpriːtʃɪ/ adj (preachier, preachiest)- informal inclined to or marked by preaching
preach /pritʃ/USA pronunciation v. - to deliver or give (a talk about religion): [no object]The new minister is preaching at that church next week.[~ + object]Jesus preached redemption.[~ + that clause]preached that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves.
- to call for (moral conduct, etc.) as being right:[~ + object]preaching peace while preparing for war.
- to give advice, esp. in an annoying manner:[no object]always preaching at her to clean up her room.
preach•ment, n. [uncountable] preach•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est:That teacher gets too preachy sometimes. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024preach (prēch),USA pronunciation v.t. - to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
- to deliver (a sermon).
- to advocate or inculcate (religious or moral truth, right conduct, etc.) in speech or writing.
v.i. - to deliver a sermon.
- to give earnest advice, as on religious or moral subjects or the like.
- to do this in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- Late Latin praedicāre to preach (Latin: to assert publicly, proclaim). See predicate
- Old French pre(ë)chier
- Middle English prechen 1175–1225
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged advocate, profess, pronounce, expound.
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