verb
- to give moral advice in a tedious or self-righteous way
Usage: often disapproving
noun
- the act of giving moral advice in a tedious or self-righteous manner
Usage: often disapproving
Examples
- Stop sermonizing and just listen to what I’m saying.
- His constant sermonizing about healthy eating annoyed his friends.
- The politician was sermonizing about family values again.
- She grew tired of her father’s sermonizing about responsibility.
- The teacher’s sermonizing made the students tune out completely.
- His sermonizing came across as hypocritical given his own behavior.