transcription, транскрипция: [ mɒrəlaɪz, AM mɔ:r- ]
( moralizes, moralizing, moralized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'moralise'
If you say that someone is moralizing , you are critical of them for telling people what they think is right or wrong, especially when they have not been asked their opinion.
As a dramatist I hate to moralize...
= preach
VERB : V [ disapproval ]
• mor‧al‧iz‧ing
We have tried to avoid any moralising.
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