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PREACHIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: preachified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements

Example:

This man always sermonizes

Synonyms:

moralise; moralize; preachify; sermonise; sermonize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "preachify" is one way to...):

advocate; preach (speak, plead, or argue in favor of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue preachify

Derivation:

preachification (moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner)

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