Speechify (Verb)
Meaning
Make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; "These ministers speechify on every occasion".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The politicians tend speechify during election campaigns about things they have no intention of doing.
- On television his charisma draws people in but ultimately he begins to speechify and viewers tune out.
- Many of his speeches end up being exactly the same, essentially forcing listeners to listen as he speechify about the same topics repeatedly.
- Educators warn that these people like to speechify about minor reforms that they never actually intend to put into effect, many claim.
- Over time, the leader has begun to speechify increasingly on how much better off everyone would be under his leadership, sometimes forgetting the actual state of the economy.