teachy
adj/tiːt͡ʃi/
Etymology From teach + -y, q.v.
1
Preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.
- What you describe of your parents is a child’s view of people who, apparently, thought that being a parent meant being strict and teachy all the time.2017, Carolyn Hax, It may be time to look at your parents from a new prespective:
- Director George Tillman Jr. gets pulled in different directions, too, juggling teen drama and teachy diatribe.2018, Bob Brown, Lives in the balance: The Hate U Give tackles important topics but offers hollow advice:
- Synonyms
- preachy, didactic, moralizing, pious, sanctimonious, sermonizing
- Antonyms
- impious, irreverent, tolerant, laissez faire