Synonyms for preachy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pree-chee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpri tʃi

Définition of preachy

Origin : 1819, from preach + -y (2). Related: Preachiness.

adj sermonizing

Example sentences :

Although they wore clerical garb they were not in the least "preachy."
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Simply that they will not have her in these preachy domestic parts, that's all.
Extract from : « The Light of the Star » by Hamlin Garland

They do to-day—only we make a fuss about it and get preachy.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of an American Citizen » by Robert Herrick

It is only upon the stage that she has been made artificial, prim, and preachy.
Extract from : « Shadows of the Stage » by William Winter

The Walls of Jericho being a long, preachy and rather foolish tirade against a game of cards, my apparent digression is necessary.
Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various

Viewed from the standpoint of one immune from the bridge germ, it is a dull and preachy succession of platitudes.
Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various

And Betty isnt so preachy as she was when we weeded dandelions on your lawn, commented Ruth.
Extract from : « Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Oh, you are so preachy, you are so good-natured, you believe all the prim things that grown people say!
Extract from : « Betty Leicester » by Sarah Orne Jewett

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