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- Dictionarysermonize/ˈsəːmənʌɪz/
verb
- 1. compose or deliver a sermon.
- 2. deliver an opinionated and dogmatic talk to someone: "they confidently sermonize on the fixed nature of identity"
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SERMONIZE definition: 1. to give a long talk to people, telling them how they should behave in order to be better people…. Learn more.
1. : to compose or deliver a sermon. 2. : to speak didactically or dogmatically. transitive verb. : to preach to or on at length. sermonizer noun. Synonyms. preach. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of sermonize in a Sentence.
SERMONIZE meaning: 1. to give a long talk to people, telling them how they should behave in order to be better people…. Learn more.
To sermonize is to lecture someone in the style of a minister delivering a sermon. The best teachers don't sermonize; they talk to students in a sincere and straightforward way.
noun. sermonize in American English. (ˈsɜːrməˌnaiz) (verb -ized, -izing) intransitive verb. 1. to deliver or compose a sermon; preach. transitive verb. 2. to give exhortation to; lecture. Also (esp. Brit.): sermonise. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Sermonize definition: to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.. See examples of SERMONIZE used in a sentence.
Definition of sermonize verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.