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Definition of Sermonize
1. Verb. Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements. "Sam and Sue Sermonize"; "This man always sermonizes"
Exact synonyms: Moralise, Moralize, Preachify, Sermonise
Generic synonyms: Advocate, Preach
Derivative terms: Moralisation, Moralization, Moralizing, Preachification, Sermon, Sermon, Sermoniser, Sermon, Sermon, Sermonizer
Generic synonyms: Advocate, Preach
Derivative terms: Moralisation, Moralization, Moralizing, Preachification, Sermon, Sermon, Sermoniser, Sermon, Sermon, Sermonizer
Definition of Sermonize
1. v. i. To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.
2. v. t. To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.
Definition of Sermonize
1. Verb. To speak in the manner of a sermon. ¹
2. Verb. To propagate one's morality with speech. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sermonize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sermonize
Literary usage of Sermonize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Villette by Charlotte Brontë (1853)
"Still, I could not help forming half a wish that the said doctor were rny brother;
or at least that he had a sister or a mother who would kindly sermonize ..."