guilt-trip

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guilt-trip

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Denominal verb of guilt trip. First use appears c. 1977 in the defunct periodical Spare Rib.

verb guilt-trips · guilt-tripping · guilt-tripped · guilt trip

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

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verb to cause another to feel guilt

Español	hacer sentir culpable, hacer sentir mal por

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@misc{guilt_trip_2026,
  title = {guilt-trip},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guilt-trip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}