(~s, moralizing, ~d)
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 ~...
= preach
VERB: V disapproval
moralizing
We have tried to avoid any moralising.
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