SERMONISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sermonise mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERMONISE (verb)

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 "sermonise" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

sermon (a moralistic rebuke)

sermon (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))

sermoniser (someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel)