guilt trip

NOUN

exaggerated guilty feeling

Synonyms

WEAK

guilty conscience

Example Sentences

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"She always used to guilt trip us about it."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

She even defies her father when he tries and fails to guilt trip her into not going to Sarah Lawrence.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

If the crowd wasn’t laughing, he could lay on a guilt trip: “Could you be a little more quiet? Because I’m going to have a nervous breakdown.”

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

He sits beside her on a couch and, laying a final, manipulative guilt trip on her, tells her that all he ever really wanted was for her to love him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2022

I didn't want to talk to Lara, but the next day at lunch, Takumi pulled the ultimate guilt trip.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green