teachy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːt͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -iːtʃi

Etymology 1

From teach +‎ -y, q.v.

Adjective

teachy (comparative more teachy, superlative most teachy)

1. Preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.
   • 2017, Carolyn Hax, It may be time to look at your parents from a new prespective:

     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.

   • 2018, Bob Brown, Lives in the balance: The Hate U Give tackles important topics but offers hollow advice:

     Director George Tillman Jr. gets pulled in different directions, too, juggling teen drama and teachy diatribe.

Synonyms

• preachy, didactic, moralizing, pious, sanctimonious, sermonizing

Antonyms

• impious, irreverent, tolerant, laissez faire

Etymology 2

Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.

Adjective

teachy

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of tetchy.

Anagrams

• Cathey, cheaty