to guilt
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7.4
- verb
- /ɡɪlt/
:
hacer sentir culpable
- The solution is not to guilt or shame the person into better behavior.
- guilt-trip
- try to guilt
- guilt her into staying
The child doesn't learn boundaries or is guilted for setting them.
- The child doesn't learn boundaries or is guilted for setting them.
- It's the guy who will guilt you into giving him his way.
- Produce to bring value to the other party, so much so that it guilts them into doing business with you.
- That nobody has a right to guilt you into taking the things that you produce.
- It's the notion of if you provide so much upfront value to an individual, can you actually guilt them into buying shit?
- Yes, we forgot about him and guilt tripping, guilt tripping mom.
Examples
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It's the guy who will guilt you into giving him his way.
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Don't guilt me for putting my wellbeing first.
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That nobody has a right to guilt you into taking the things that you produce.
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- I was kind of hoping that would guilt you into coming with.
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Seriously, did you just come over here to guilt trip me?
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Unfortunately, guilting people into free labor only works on family.
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I guilt-tripped my son into coming home for Easter here, to see the family.
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His point isn't to guilt us into giving everything away (he covers this later).
Blog text (21) -
When you can't win on issues or a record, you use the old standby: guilt them into voting for you.
Blog text (10) -
She guilted her friend into apologizing for their argument.
Synonyms
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3.9
To make someone feel guilty or embarrassed to get them to do something
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4.2
To try to make someone do something
Causing someone to feel ashamed or embarrassed in front of other people
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.0
Blaming someone for bad acts because they are friends with guilty people, without proof
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8.3
A strong sadness and the feeling that it is your fault for being alive when other people died
How Manipulative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Guilt as a verb comes from the same noun guilt and keeps the idea of 'making someone feel they owe'—to guilt someone is to make them feel responsible, ashamed, or pushed to act in a certain way.