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preachypreach‧y /ˈpriːtʃi/ adjective informal   - It's not a bad book, but it's a bit preachy.
- Much of the film is preachy, pretentious, and slow.
- The last part of your report gets a little preachy.
- But it is a strength of her moving and dazzling achievement that Abbott is never conventional, preachy or platitudinous.
- I never intended to get preachy.
- They were all very earnest, but preachy.
- Your tone was so stern and pure and preachy, it excited me.
thinking you are morally better than other people► self-righteous feeling very confident about how good you are and about your high moral standards, in a way that annoys other people: · His grandparents were stern and self-righteous people.· I've got nothing against vegetarians, but some of them are so self-righteous! ► sanctimonious behaving as if you are morally better than other people, especially in telling them what you think is right and wrong: · Don't be so sanctimonious, Helen! I'll live my life the way I want to live it.· The Principal reacted to the school party with an air of sanctimonious disapproval. ► holier-than-thou showing other people very clearly that you think you are morally better than they are: · I know he doesn't smoke or drink but I wish he wasn't so holier-than-thou.· She was intensely irritated by Emma's holier-than-thou attitude. ► moralistic telling other people what you think is right or wrong about their behaviour, especially in an annoying way or when you have no right to do this: · Our teachers were dull, uninspiring, and moralistic.· a moralistic, middle-class newspaper ► preachy trying too hard to make people accept your ideas about what it right or wrong, especially when this is unnecessary or annoying: · It's not a bad book, but it's a bit preachy.· Much of the film is preachy, pretentious, and slow. trying too much to persuade people to accept a particular opinion – used to show disapproval:  a preachy TV show |