guilt

Definition

  • noun: responsibility for a crime or for doing something bad or wrong
  • noun: the fact of having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a penalty
  • synonyms: crime, criminality, blam

Examples

  • The speaker 'laid/put a (big) guilt trip on' us [=tried to make us feel bad or sorry] by describing in detail how much waste the average American generates.

  • “I guess you're just too busy to call.” “I don't need the 'guilt trip', Mom. If you want me to call more often, just say so.”

  • He's not entirely to blame, but he's not 'guiltless' [='innocent'], either.

Movie quotes

  • (..) -What? -And Buzz is with him! It is Buzz! Woody was telling the truth. -What have we done? -Great! Now I have guilt. We're almost there! Rocky, the ramp! Look out! Quick! Hold onto my tail! -Attaboy, Slink! (..)
    1995 Toy Story