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guilt trip

noun 2
guilt-trip verb 1
forms 6

noun2

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A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time.
- “I know what she’s talking about, too,” Roger said. “But I don’t see any way of getting around it. First of all, I want to make it clear that nobody’s sending me on any guilt trip over my money.” — 1972
An act that produces such a feeling.

guilt-trip verb1

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(informal) To attempt to induce a guilt trip; to cause another to feel guilt, in order to influence the behavior of that individual.
- I have been fully expecting my father to guilt-trip me, to lay it on really thick about what a terrible son I am, to basically, talk down to me like I was some kind of idiot. — 1999

forms

guilt tripped · guilt-tripped · guilt tripping · guilt-tripping · guilt trips · guilt-trips

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