1. a person who expresses moral judgments or lectures others about right and wrong behavior
Usage: often implies being preachy or self-righteous

Examples

• The politician was criticized as a moralizer who lectured others while ignoring his own faults.
• She didn’t want to sound like a moralizer, so she kept her opinions about their lifestyle to herself.
• The teacher tried to guide students without coming across as a moralizer.
• Many viewers found the TV host to be an annoying moralizer who preached about family values.
• He was known as the office moralizer, always commenting on his coworkers’ personal choices.
• The author avoided being a moralizer by letting readers draw their own conclusions from the story.