Preachify (Verb)
Meaning
Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She had a tendency to preachify about her diet, insisting that everyone else adopt her restrictive eating habits.
- The old friend preachified about how students should focus on their studies rather than their social lives.
- His lecture on the environment sounded like he was about to preachify and turn the whole conversation into a condescending speech.
- After his near-death experience, he started to preachify to anyone who would listen about living life to the fullest.
- The professor began to preachify in class and express her personal opinions on politics.