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teachy

/tiːt͡ʃi/

teachy adjective: preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction. Also the alternative form of tetchy.

Adjective

teachy (comparative more teachy, superlative most teachy)

  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

Also used as

teachy is also the alternative form of tetchy.

Synonyms of teachy

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of teachy

Forms of teachy

comparativemore teachy
superlativemost teachy

Origin of teachy

From teach + -y, q.v.

Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.

Words that rhyme with teachy

Questions about teachy

What does teachy mean?
Teachy means preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.
What part of speech is teachy?
Teachy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce teachy?
Teachy is pronounced /tiːt͡ʃi/.

Words near teachy in the dictionary

  1. Teachout
  2. Teachouts
  3. teachress
  4. teachresses
  5. teachworthy
  6. teachy
  7. teachyng
  8. teacloth
  9. teacloths
  10. teacosies
  11. teacosy

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