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(informal, transitive) To attempt to induce a guilt trip; to cause another to feel guilt, in order to influence the behavior of that individual..
to guilt-trip someone into [doing] something
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.
First, he tries to guilt-trip her into taking them.
In this book, I don't want to guilt-trip you into action.
Given that Biden said it would take the Lord Almighty to make him drop out, I have no doubt that Pelosi has been using their shared Catholic faith to guilt-trip the president into understanding the stakes, and what she thinks the Lord Almighty would want.
New Zealand’s minister for resources, Shane Jones, said he will not be guilt-tripped by “apocalyptic images” of mining and its effects on the environment put forward by his critics, as he embarks on a major mining push.
Use guilt-trip when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Guilt-trip means (informal, transitive) To attempt to induce a guilt trip; to cause another to feel guilt, in order to influence the behavior of that individual..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
to guilt-trip someone into [doing] something
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