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preachy

[pree-chee] / ˈpri tʃi /
ADJECTIVE
sermonizing
Synonyms


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Users — especially those who made the switch to Claude — have recently slammed the app for being unnecessarily wordy and preachy in tone.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

The company also says it is planning updates to reduce preachy or overly cautious responses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

That we need to be less preachy, and administer fewer purity tests.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

The two-hour “Sarabande Africaine,” without intermission, could get a tad preachy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

But when the Lavender Fairy does it, with her cute little eyebrows raised like smiles on her forehead, she doesn’t come off as preachy.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

And just as tobacco riddles the lungs, Amazon, one could argue in their preachiest moment, rots the soul.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

Certainly her two most popular novels are also her preachiest.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013




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