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to preachify

to preachify

1 8.6
To speak in a long, moral way that makes people feel judged
  • verb
  • /ˈpriːtʃɪfaɪ/
  • Informal
translation icon : moralizar
  • Don't preachify to me!

Examples

  • Please stop preachifying; everyone knows how you feel about recycling.

  • He preachified to the students about the importance of honesty.

  • She tends to preachify when discussing politics, which annoys her friends.

  • She tends to preachify during conversations.

  • During the meeting, he began to preachify about the importance of hard work, which bored everyone.

  • Instead of presenting the facts, she chose to preachify her opinions, making it hard to focus on the main issue.

  • His tendency to preachify during casual conversations often alienated his friends.

Synonyms

to preach
vsto preachify
192 3.8

Talk to people to persuade them to support a cause

is more tedious and self righteous than simple advocacy
to pontificate
vsto preachify
13 8.7

To speak in a self-important way as if always right

puts more emphasis on judging right and wrong with superiority
to moralize
vsto preachify
3 7.2

Tell someone that their actions are right or wrong in a way that sounds like a lecture

adds a tedious self righteous tone to simple moral advice
to sermonize
vsto preachify
2 8.0

To give advice about right and wrong for a long time in a boring way

is more self righteous and focused on right and wrong
to speechify
vsto preachify
1 9.4

To give a long formal speech that sounds boring and self-important

adds clear judgment about right and wrong and self righteousness

How Moralizing

to preachify
  • Informal
1 8.6
to moralize
3 7.2
to preach
192 3.8
to advise
414 2.2
to comment
589 1.7

Surface Forms

preachify infinitive
preachified past
preachified past participle
preachifying present participle
preachifies third person singular

Morphology

preachify = preach (transparent) = preach + ify

The verb is a clear formation from the verb 'preach' plus the productive verb-forming suffix '-ify', meaning 'to make or render preach(-like).'

Etymology

Preachify comes from the common verb preach ('to give a sermon' or 'talk in a moral way') and the ending -ify ('make'), like in simplify. So to preachify is to 'make' your talk sound like a sermon, meaning you speak in an overly moral or self-righteous way.