guilt-trippy

comparative more guilt-trippy · superlative most guilt-trippy

1. informalIntended to induce a sense of guilt or shame.

   Do you make a big, guilt-trippy show of blaming yourself?

   2008, Martha I. Finney, The Truth about Getting the Best from People, →ISBN, page 154

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   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!"

   2002, Chris Carlsson, Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration, →ISBN, page 100

   “The rest of us managed to make it,” I'd say, aware of how old and guilt-trippy I sounded.

   2014, Paul Theroux, Jason Wilson, The Best American Travel Writing 2014, →ISBN, page 168