Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to guilt-trip
Participle: guilt-tripped
Gerund: guilt-tripping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | guilt-trip |
| you | guilt-trip |
| he;she;it | guilt-trips |
| we | guilt-trip |
| you | guilt-trip |
| they | guilt-trip |
Perfect
| I | have guilt-tripped |
| you | have guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | has guilt-tripped |
| we | have guilt-tripped |
| you | have guilt-tripped |
| they | have guilt-tripped |
Past
| I | guilt-tripped |
| you | guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | guilt-tripped |
| we | guilt-tripped |
| you | guilt-tripped |
| they | guilt-tripped |
Pluperfect
| I | had guilt-tripped |
| you | had guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | had guilt-tripped |
| we | had guilt-tripped |
| you | had guilt-tripped |
| they | had guilt-tripped |
Future
| I | will guilt-trip |
| you | will guilt-trip |
| he;she;it | will guilt-trip |
| we | will guilt-trip |
| you | will guilt-trip |
| they | will guilt-trip |
Future Perfect
| I | will have guilt-tripped |
| you | will have guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | will have guilt-tripped |
| we | will have guilt-tripped |
| you | will have guilt-tripped |
| they | will have guilt-tripped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | guilt-trip |
| you | guilt-trip |
| he;she;it | guilt-trip |
| we | guilt-trip |
| you | guilt-trip |
| they | guilt-trip |
Perfect
| I | have guilt-tripped |
| you | have guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | have guilt-tripped |
| we | have guilt-tripped |
| you | have guilt-tripped |
| they | have guilt-tripped |
Imperfect
| I | guilt-tripped |
| you | guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | guilt-tripped |
| we | guilt-tripped |
| you | guilt-tripped |
| they | guilt-tripped |
Pluperfect
| I | had guilt-tripped |
| you | had guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | had guilt-tripped |
| we | had guilt-tripped |
| you | had guilt-tripped |
| they | had guilt-tripped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would guilt-trip |
| you | would guilt-trip |
| he;she;it | would guilt-trip |
| we | would guilt-trip |
| you | would guilt-trip |
| they | would guilt-trip |
Perfect
| I | would have guilt-tripped |
| you | would have guilt-tripped |
| he;she;it | would have guilt-tripped |
| we | would have guilt-tripped |
| you | would have guilt-tripped |
| they | would have guilt-tripped |
Imperative
| you | guilt-trip |
| we | Let's guilt-trip |
| you | guilt-trip |
Verbs conjugated like 'guilt-trip'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'guilt-trip'
felt-tip,
gift-wrap,
outstrip,
bull-whip,
day-trip,
ego-trip,
fieldstrip,
fly-tip,
giftwrap,
guillotine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Denominal verb of guilt trip. First use appears c. 1977 in the defunct periodical Spare Rib.
Sample Sentences
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to guilt-trip someone into [doing] something
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I have been fully expecting my father to guilt-trip me, to lay it on really thick about what a terrible son I am, to basically, talk down to me like I was some kind of idiot. [1999, David A. Shapiro, Choosing the Right Thing to Do, page 136:]
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First, he tries to guilt-trip her into taking them. [2007, Ronald Potter-Efron, Rage: A Step-by-Step Guide to Overcoming Explosive Anger, page 106:]
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In this book, I don't want to guilt-trip you into action. [2011, Brian Goins, Playing Hurt: A Guy's Strategy for a Winning Marriage, page 18:]
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Given that Biden said it would take the Lord Almighty to make him drop out, I have no doubt that Pelosi has been using their shared Catholic faith to guilt-trip the president into understanding the stakes, and what she thinks the Lord Almighty would want. [2024 July 20, Maureen Dowd, “Lord Almighty, Joe, Let It Go!”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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New Zealand’s minister for resources, Shane Jones, said he will not be guilt-tripped by “apocalyptic images” of mining and its effects on the environment put forward by his critics, as he embarks on a major mining push. [2025 May 26, Eva Corlett, quoting Shane Jones, “New Zealand will not be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment, resources minister says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]