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- [pree-chee]
- /ˈpri tʃi/
- /ˈpriː.tʃi/
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- [pree-chee]
- /ˈpri tʃi/
Definitions of preachy word
- adjective preachy tediously or pretentiously didactic. 1
- adjective preachy moralizing 1
- adjective preachy inclined to or marked by preaching 0
- adjective preachy given to or marked by preaching, or moralizing 0
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Origin of preachy
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20; preach + -y1
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Parts of speech for Preachy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
preachy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
preachy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for preachy
adj preachy
- didactic — Something that is didactic is intended to teach people something, especially a moral lesson.
- didactical — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- donnish — resembling or characteristic of a university don; bookish; pedantic.
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- hortative — hortatory.
adjective preachy
- exhortative — (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- lecturelike — Resembling a lecture or some aspect of one.
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