preachy

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US/ˈpɹit͡ʃi/

adjective

Tending toward excessive moralization.

“My old fussbudget aunt had a very preachy manner and would prattle on about the dangers of alcohol and other vices.”

Similar
didacticmoralizingpioussanctimonioussermonizinginstructiveinformative
Opposite
impiousirreverenttolerantlaissez faire
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Meanings

adjectivepreachy (comparative preachier, superlative preachiest)

comparative preachier · superlative preachiest

  1. Tending toward excessive moralization.

    My old fussbudget aunt had a very preachy manner and would prattle on about the dangers of alcohol and other vices.

    Synonyms: didactic, moralizing, pious, sanctimonious, sermonizing

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTending toward excessive moralization.

Similar
didacticmoralizingpioussanctimonioussermonizing

tending toward excessive moralization

Opposite
impiousirreverenttolerantlaissez faire

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveinclined to or marked by tedious moralization

Similar
instructiveinformative
Also see
teachy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From preach + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

preachee

Anagrams

eparchy
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APA

preachy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preachy

MLA

“preachy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preachy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preachy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preachy.

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