Guilt-trip

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To attempt to induce a guilt trip; to cause another to feel guilt, in order to influence the behavior of that individual. informal, transitive

    "to guilt-trip someone into [doing] something"

Example

More examples

"to guilt-trip someone into [doing] something"

Etymology

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

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