preachy
/ˈpriːtʃi
/adjective (preachier, preachiest) informal
Having or showing a tendency to give moral advice in a tedious or self-righteous way: his patriotic pictures had a preachy tone...
- Most critically, it has no moral centre, just a preachy moral lesson.
- The themes of the film are worn on its striped, embroidered sleeve, and often the script gets preachy with its sanctimonious moralizing.
- His need to impart lessons about baseball and life tends to make him sound, at times, preachy and sanctimonious.
Synonyms
moralistic, moralizing, sanctimonious, self-righteous, holier-than-thou, priggish, sententious, pietistic, didactic, dogmatic;
Scottish unco guid
rare Pharisaic, Pharisaical
Derivatives
preachiness
- The newer generation of film-makers have reacted against its perceived preachiness, looking instead for a style that is imaginative, challenging, and visually stimulating.
- It was long on the preachiness, long on the abuse, long on the ‘preaching to the choir’ factor, and very, very short on actual analysis.
- She's gotten less reliant on the single descending tone, with its tendency toward preachiness.