sermon

Meaning of sermon

noun
  1. a talk on a religious or moral subject, especially one given during a church service and based on a passage from the Bible.
    I preached my first sermon on original sin
  2. a long or tedious piece of admonition or reproof; a lecture.
    he understood that if he said any more he would have to listen to another lengthy sermon

Middle English (also in the sense ‘speech, discourse’): from Old French, from Latin sermo(n- ) ‘discourse, talk’.

Information about sermon

Hyphenation of sermon

ser-mon

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • sermon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

sermon synonyms

Meaning discourse:

discourse, preaching

Meaning preaching:

preaching

Meaning a religious discourse which is intended primarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction:

homily

Meaning a formal speech delivered to an audience:

address

Meaning a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience:

speech

Meaning an informal address or lecture:

talk

Meaning a formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion:

oration

Meaning a period of learning or teaching:

lesson

Meaning the occupation, profession, or work of a teacher:

teaching

Meaning the concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience:

peroration

Meaning an educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university:

lecture

Meaning a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation:

tirade

Meaning a lengthy and aggressive speech:

harangue

Meaning a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something:

diatribe

Meaning a long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject:

disquisition

Meaning a long speech by one actor in a play or film, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast programme:

monologue

Meaning a rhetorical exercise or set speech:

declamation

Meaning an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something:

exhortation

Meaning a formal expression of disapproval:

reprimand

Meaning the expression of disapproval or disappointment:

reproach

Meaning an expression of blame or disapproval:

reproof

Meaning an angry rebuke or reprimand:

scolding

Meaning a firm warning or reprimand:

admonishment, admonition

Meaning the expression of blame or disapproval:

reproval

Meaning find fault with (someone); scold:

upbraiding

Meaning a harsh criticism:

lambasting

Meaning the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes:

criticism

Meaning the formal expression of severe disapproval:

censure

Meaning an elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson:

spiel

Meaning a prolonged and angry reprimand:

earful

Meaning the action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire:

roasting

Meaning a destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion:

blast

Meaning a number of people or things in a more or less straight line:

row

Meaning carpets collectively:

carpeting

Meaning exuberantly lively and amusing:

rollicking

Meaning a severe rebuke:

wigging

Meaning a classification or ranking of someone or something based on a comparative assessment of their quality, standard, or performance:

rating

Meaning a severe reprimand:

bollocking

sermon antonyms

Meaning formal or official praise:

commendation

Anagrams of sermon

mornes, somner

Words that rhyme with sermon

Carmon, Harmon, Hermon, germon, lithospermon, termon, Crescormon, Mormon, colpormon, dihydromenformon, follicormon, follormon, menformon, mormon, ovahormon, sonnormon

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