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.
moralise
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a variation of
moralize.
Example Sentences
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Costa-Gavras, the Greek-French director who is head of The French Cinémathèque, insisted it was not the institution’s role to be judge or jury or to moralise, and accused critics of “out-and-out censorship”.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 29, 2017
Though warts-and-all, it does not linger or moralise over the blemishes; laudatory, it does not veer towards panegyric, even as it impresses with Mr Leader’s forensic readings.
From Economist ● May 28, 2015
"He is always five steps ahead on social issues - he doesn't moralise, he is just always ready to move on."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2014
I'm not making this speech because I want to moralise or scaremonger, but because I feel profoundly as a politician, and as a father, that the time for action has come.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2013
The fate of the departed friend unfortunately leads him to moralise on the weakness of mortal men, mere insects, or bubbles on the stream.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
