Guilt-trip

Quick meaning: Guilt-trip is a verb meaning (informal, transitive) To attempt to induce a guilt trip; to cause another to feel guilt, in order to influence the behavior of that individual.

Meaning

(informal, transitive) To attempt to induce a guilt trip; to cause another to feel guilt, in order to influence the behavior of that individual.

Example Sentences

to guilt-trip someone into [doing] something

First, he tries to guilt-trip her into taking them.

In this book, I don't want to guilt-trip you into action.

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.

Word Forms

• guilt-trips
• guilt-tripping
• guilt-tripped

Related Words

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