| Main Entry: | preachy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sermonizing |
Synonyms: |
moralizing, pontifical, sententious |
| Main Entry: | didactic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | educational |
Synonyms: |
academic, advisory, donnish, edifying, enlightening, exhortative, expository, homiletic, hortative, instructive, moral, moralizing, pedagogic, pedantic, preachy, preceptive, schoolmasterist, sermonic, sermonizing, teacherish, teacherly, teachy |
| Main Entry: | sanctimonious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-righteous |
Synonyms: |
Pecksniffian, bigoted, canting, deceiving, false, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, insincere, pharisaical, pietistic, pious, preachy, self-satisfied, smug, stuffy, unctuous |
Antonyms: |
humble, meek, modest |
| Main Entry: | self-righteous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smug |
Synonyms: |
affected, canting, complacent, egotistical, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, noble, pharisaic, pietistic, pious, preachy, sanctimonious, self-satisfied, superior |
Antonyms: |
caring, humble, thoughtful, understanding |
| Main Entry: | didactical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instructive |
Synonyms: |
didactic, donnish, homiletic, homiletical, lecturelike, moralizing, pedantic, pedantical, preachy |