guilt-trippy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

guilt trip +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

guilt-trippy (comparative more guilt-trippy, superlative most guilt-trippy)

  1. (informal) Intended to induce a sense of guilt or shame in others.
    • 2002, Chris Carlsson, Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, →ISBN, page 100:
      Folding tables were scattered about the plaza, each covered with stickers and buttons bearing guilt-trippy — or even nonsensical—slogans like "Bicycle for clean air" and "DON'T BE AN SOV!"
    • 2008, Martha I. Finney, The Truth about Getting the Best from People, →ISBN, page 154:
      Do you make a big, guilt-trippy show of blaming yourself?
    • 2014, Paul Theroux, Jason Wilson, The Best American Travel Writing 2014, →ISBN, page 168:
      “The rest of us managed to make it,” I'd say, aware of how old and guilt-trippy I sounded.