Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teachy

/tiːt͡ʃi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teachy
IPA: /tiːt͡ʃi/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.

adj

Alternative form of tetchy.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From teach + -y, q.v.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: teach

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more teachy (comparative) most teachy (superlative)

Synonyms

preachy didactic moralizing pious sanctimonious sermonizing

Antonyms

impious irreverent tolerant laissez faire

Rhymes With

peachy beachy lychee queachy reechy

Questions

How do you pronounce teachy?: The recorded pronunciation is /tiːt͡ʃi/.
What does teachy mean?: Preachy, didactic, tending toward excessive moraling or personal instruction.
Where does teachy come from?: From teach + -y, q.v.

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