Antonyms for sermon
ˈsɜr mənser·mon

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1. sermon

   Speech is the general word for utterance of thought in language. A speech may be the delivering of one's sentiments in the simplest way; an oration is an elaborate and prepared speech; a harangue is a vehement appeal to passion, or a speech that has something disputatious and combative in it. A discourse is a set speech on a definite subject, intended to convey instruction. Compare CONVERSATION; DICTION; LANGUAGE.

   Antonyms:
   hush, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity

   Synonyms:
   address, address, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, harangue, language, oration, oratory, speaking, speech, talk, utterance

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1. • Lecture

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1. sermon, discourse, preachingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   discussion, discourse, treatment, preaching

2. sermon, preachingnoun

   a moralistic rebuke

   "your preaching is wasted on him"

   Synonyms:
   discourse, preaching

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1. sermonnoun

   Synonyms:
   homily, exhortation (religious), discourse

   Associated words:
   homiletics, homiletic, homilist

How to use sermon in a sentence?

1. Justice Potter Stewart:

   The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver a sermon, to picket, to parade, or to assemble, it need not be honored when it’s invalid on its face.

2. Dwight L. Moody:

   The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.

3. Chip Davis:

   I listened to that sermon Easter Sunday, and it sort of hurt me a little bit.

4. Steven Stalinsky:

   He spoke in English and then he goes into Arabic, then people say, ‘It was in reaction to something Israel did, so that justifies it.’ But in the sermon he didn’t mention exterminating Israelis. He said Jews.

5. George Burns:

   The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.

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