moralize
verb (used without object)
to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
is moralizing
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present progressiveof moralize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If it is moralizing to see the truth and tell it to you, then I am moralizing.
From Look Back on Happiness by Wiking, Paula
This help must not be given through branding the acts as wicked or criminal, nor is moralizing itself generally effective.
From Your Child: Today and Tomorrow by Gruenberg, Sidonie Matzner
His besetting sin as an artist is moralizing.
From The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by Phelps, William Lyon
