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preachy
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
preachier; preachiest
preachier; preachiest
Learner's definition of PREACHY
[also more preachy; most preachy] informal + disapproving
: trying to teach something (such as proper or moral behavior) in a way that is annoying or unwanted说教的；唠叨劝诫的
- We were put off by the speaker's preachy tone.演讲者唠唠叨叨的讲话令我们反感。
- a boring and preachy writer令人厌烦并且喜欢说教的作家
Example Sentences
We were put off by the speaker's preachy tone. a boring and preachy writer
Recent Examples on the Web But there's a fine line between being too preachy and assuming that everybody's agreeing with you. 
Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 18 July 2022 Few films have captured in such a thrilling, non-preachy way the essence of Black Pride. John Blake, CNN, 19 June 2022 Moreover, the seeming disdain for customer value as a corporate goal seems to be leading some firms to take the wrong turn of declaring the need for some preachy social purpose on top of the firm’s main business as a way of signaling virtue. Steve Denning, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said on Thursday that keeping the majority depended on speaking to voters in a way that was not too preachy or condescending. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022 This 19th century courtroom drama is definitely preachy, and nobody knows what Spielberg was thinking casting Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer defending a group of African slaves fighting for their freedom. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021 For all the drama and turmoil of Delphine's story, however, the tone of the film is never preachy or obvious. Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021 Not to get too preachy, but what’s wrong with investing valuable draft capital and a chunk of your salary cap on guys who don’t have a history, whether behavioral or physical, that could rear up and bite you? Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 May 2021 Might the production feel too political, or too preachy, or not enough of either? John Branch, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2021 See More
Alessandro Corona, The Enquirer, 18 July 2022 Few films have captured in such a thrilling, non-preachy way the essence of Black Pride. John Blake, CNN, 19 June 2022 Moreover, the seeming disdain for customer value as a corporate goal seems to be leading some firms to take the wrong turn of declaring the need for some preachy social purpose on top of the firm’s main business as a way of signaling virtue. Steve Denning, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said on Thursday that keeping the majority depended on speaking to voters in a way that was not too preachy or condescending. New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022 This 19th century courtroom drama is definitely preachy, and nobody knows what Spielberg was thinking casting Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer defending a group of African slaves fighting for their freedom. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021 For all the drama and turmoil of Delphine's story, however, the tone of the film is never preachy or obvious. Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021 Not to get too preachy, but what’s wrong with investing valuable draft capital and a chunk of your salary cap on guys who don’t have a history, whether behavioral or physical, that could rear up and bite you? Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 May 2021 Might the production feel too political, or too preachy, or not enough of either? John Branch, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1819, in the meaning defined above
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