preachify

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verb

To preach didactically; to sermonize.

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sermonizesermonisemoralizemoralise
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Meanings

verbpreachify (third-person singular simple present preachifies, present participle preachifying, simple past and past participle preachified)

present singular third person preachifies · participle present preachifying · participle past preachified · past preachified

  1. To preach didactically; to sermonize.

    "Shut up your sarmons^([sic]), Pitt, when Miss Crawley comes down," said his father; "she has written to say that she won't stand the preachifying."

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbspeak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements

Similar
sermonizesermonisemoralizemoralise
Broader
preachadvocate
Also see
moralizesermonize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From preach + -ify.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preachify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preachify.

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