guilt feelings
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3.9
- noun
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sentimientos de culpa
- After the argument, he was filled with guilt feelings about how he spoke to his friend.
- school-related guilt feelings
- guilt feelings over eating
Examples
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Guilt feelings in the school domain are likewise unrelated to maladjustment on any measure, suggesting that not all guilt feelings are harmful.
Academic text (1996) -
Both depression and eating disturbances were unrelated to guilt feelings over school, but were related to guilt feelings over eating and exercise.
Academic text (1996) -
"I would have tremendous guilt feelings if I broke those vows just because she got sick.
Fiction book (1997) -
In contrast, guilt feelings over eating and exercise were related to depression and were strongly related to eating disturbances.
Academic text (1996) -
Guilt feelings involving eating and exercise are related to both depression and eating disturbances.
Academic text (1996) -
After an unsuccessful recital, I'm chock-full of guilt feelings.
Fiction book (1993) -
A picture emerges of guilt feelings over eating being a circumscribed, salient, and especially destructive form of guilt for college women.
Academic text (1996) -
Ineffective alleviation of guilt feelings in both domains was correlated with depression and greater eating disturbances.
Academic text (1996) -
We examined reactions to the events, including guilt feelings and perceived effectiveness in alleviating these feelings, intropunitive responses, action tendencies, and rationalizations.
Academic text (1996) -
She couldn't shake off the guilt feelings she had for not visiting her grandmother more often.
Synonyms
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2.3
A painful feeling of guilt and embarrassment about something you did wrong
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2.4
A feeling of being sorry and responsible for doing something wrong
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4.5
A deep, painful feeling of regret and guilt after doing something wrong
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6.6
A feeling of deep regret and a wish to change after doing wrong
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8.4
A deep feeling of regret and sorrow for something you did wrong
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4.2
A feeling of being sorry and worried after doing something wrong
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9.6
A feeling of guilt that stops you from doing something bad or follows it
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7.9
A feeling of being sorry for something you did wrong
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7.1
A feeling of blaming yourself for something you did wrong
A deep feeling of regret and sorrow for doing something wrong
Antonyms
How Guilty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'guilt' (remorse) combined with 'feelings' (emotional states) yields 'feelings of guilt', so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This is a simple, cross-linguistically common noun-noun construction following regular English composition patterns, making it immediately understandable at B1.
Etymology
The phrase guilt feelings paints a picture of carrying something heavy inside: guilt is the sense of having done wrong and feelings are the painful emotions you hold, like a weight on your chest. One common image is that this weight makes you sad or restless, so 'guilt feelings' means 'remorse' or 'responsibility' for something you did.