guilt trip
A feeling of shame or embarrassment, especially if self-indulgent, unwarranted, exaggerated or felt over a significant period of time.
to go on a guilt trip
guilt
UK /ɡɪlt/ US /ɡɪlt/
noun 3verb 2adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
Responsibility for wrongdoing.
2
The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
3
Regret for having done wrong.
Appropriate guilt is experienced when we actually do something objectively wrong—for example, exploit another, betray a trust, and so on. […] Inappropriate guilt occurs from believing a lie and is resolved by an application of the truth.
verb
1
To commit offenses; act criminally.
verb
1
To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.
Shame based parents would have guilted him for expressing anger.
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