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sermonize

[ sur-muh-nahyz ]

verb (used without object)

sermonized, sermonizing.
  1. to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.


verb (used with object)

sermonized, sermonizing.
  1. to give exhortation to; lecture.

sermonize

/ ˈ²õɜ˳¾É™ËŒ²Ô²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. to talk to or address (a person or audience) as if delivering a sermon
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±ð°ù³¾´Ç²ÔËŒ¾±³ú±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±ð°ùm´Ç²Ô·¾±³úe°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sermonize1

First recorded in 1625–35; sermon + -ize
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Example Sentences

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It’s gripping and informative without sermonizing — everything a great documentary should be.

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But Perkins hops so quickly from one outrageous death to another that his screenplay leaves little room for rumination amid his constant fatalist sermonizing.

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A few hours later, presumably after a short nap and perhaps a long talk with her maker, “The Rachel Maddow Show†returned with its host's standard strong coffee blend of history, sermonizing and pep talk.

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Even when he sermonized on the “global elitist cabal,†he spoke with the affable passion of a beloved high school teacher.

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Johnson said he didn’t mean to sermonize but it’s clear he’s the kind of artist who sees the stage as a pulpit and the arena as a church.

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