PREACHIFY (preachified)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: preachified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does preachify mean? 

• PREACHIFY (verb)
  The verb PREACHIFY has 1 sense:

1. speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements

  Familiarity information: PREACHIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREACHIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they preachify    ... he / she / it preachifies   
Past simple: preachified   
Past participle: preachified   
-ing form: preachifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

moralise; moralize; preachify; sermonise; sermonize

Context example:

This man always sermonizes

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)