Meaning of guilt trip | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time.
   idiomatic
2. An act that produces such a feeling.
   idiomatic

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Examples

“to go on a guilt trip⟳”

“to send⟳ someone on a guilt trip⟳”

““I know⟳ what she’s talking about, too,” Roger said. “But I don’t see⟳ any way of getting around it. First of all, I want⟳ to make⟳ it clear that nobody’s sending me on any guilt trip⟳ over my money.””

“Thinking about the origins of our stuff (and stuffing) should not preclude gleeful participation in tomorrow’s free-for-all, nor do I mean⟳ to send⟳ anyone on a guilt trip⟳ for enjoying traditions old and new.”

“My parents had survived war and dictatorship before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 allowed more non-Europeans to immigrate to the United States, and they overcompensated for the austerity of their childhoods by allowing me to consume⟳ any food I wanted, with a side of guilt trip⟳.”

“I have⟳ done my part by paying taxes to sustain payments of anticipated benefits. If Mr. Kramon wants to go on a guilt trip⟳, he can do so, but he is dead wrong that our generation shirked its responsibilities, and, frankly, I am getting tired of listening to this nonsense.”

““There are a few yacht-based movements and marine foundations, which are sometimes labeled as a yacht-owner’s guilt trip⟳, that are part of the whole environmental conversation going on at the moment,” he added.”

“It’s true that I asked my opa some less than tactful questions on that visit⟳. And as for that guilt trip⟳ about seeing him at least once more, yes, I saw⟳ him a bunch more times.”

“I must admit⟳ that I personally dislike this form⟳ of fundraising and consider⟳ it to be one of the worst ways to raise⟳ awareness for any charity, the only one worse than this is the ‘knock⟳ on the door’ at teatime with the same ‘guilt trip⟳’ message hammered home by the young person in the charity shirt.”

“Sections of the media are culpable of only describing two types of African – powerful and corrupt, or destitute and starving. But Comic Relief’s biennial guilt trip⟳ perpetuates these stereotypes and fails to move⟳ the debate⟳ on in a constructive way.”

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