speechify

[spee-chuh-fahy]

verb (used without object)

speechified, speechifying 

1. to make a speech or speeches; harangue.

speechify

/ ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪ /

verb

1. to make a speech or speeches

2. to talk pompously and boringly

Other Word Forms

• speechifier noun
• speechification noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of speechify¹

First recorded in 1715–25; speech + -ify

Example Sentences

The characters are not afflicted with speechifying; silences allow the viewer to enter into the spaces between them, and to let their experience echo with one’s own.

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Apart from some surveillance, tailing suspects, one fatal encounter and an occasional chase, there’s little in the way of capital-A Action, mostly just a lot of talk — inquisitive, instructive, threatening, discursive, domestic or speechifying.

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His passion project arrives, chockablock with design and speechifying, but Jacob Elordi’s quiet presence pulls focus.

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Her early support of Obama, including hours of door-knocking and speechifying in chilly Iowa, created a lasting bond.

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Last Thursday, in an attempt to recapture some momentum following a several-day absence from the campaign trail, Trump hosted a press conference/speechifying event at his Mar-A-Lago headquarters in Florida.

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