Definitions for preachy

preachy preach·y

Spelling: [pree-chee]
IPA: /ˈpri tʃi/

Preachy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 203 anagrams from letters in preachy (acehpry).

Definitions for preachy

adjective

  1. tediously or pretentiously didactic.

Origin of preachy

First recorded in 1810-20; preach + -y1

Examples for preachy

Viewed from the standpoint of one immune from the bridge germ, it is a dull and preachy succession of platitudes.

Simply that they will not have her in these preachy domestic parts, that's all.

Oh, you are so preachy, you are so good-natured, you believe all the prim things that grown people say!

And Betty isnt so preachy as she was when we weeded dandelions on your lawn, commented Ruth.

They do to-day—only we make a fuss about it and get preachy.

It is only upon the stage that she has been made artificial, prim, and preachy.

There were a lot of characters making these preachy speeches.

Although they wore clerical garb they were not in the least "preachy."

The Walls of Jericho being a long, preachy and rather foolish tirade against a game of cards, my apparent digression is necessary.

And it's not a preachy, political attack on that culture, which was another common reading.

Word Value for preachy
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17

Words with friends

17

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