PONTIFICATING Synonyms

• teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

• indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code

• an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

• a moralistic rebuke

• recite in elocution

• speak against in an impassioned manner

• state as a dogma

• speak dogmatically

• a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

• deliver a harangue to; address forcefully

• talk pompously

• idle or foolish and irrelevant talk

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

• pronounce judgment on

• speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements

• make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality

• plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

• replay (as a melody)

• speak at great length (about something)

• the government of the Roman Catholic Church