SERMONIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sermonize mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERMONIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sermonize    ... he / she / it sermonizes   
Past simple: sermonized   
Past participle: sermonized   
-ing form: sermonizing   

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue sermonize

Derivation:

sermon (a moralistic rebuke)

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

sermonizer (someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel)