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guilt-trippy

guilt-trippy adjective: intended to induce a sense of guilt or shame.

Adjective

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

  1. (informal) Intended to induce a sense of guilt or shame.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of guilt-trippy

comparativemore guilt-trippy
superlativemost guilt-trippy

Origin of guilt-trippy

From guilt trip + -y.

Questions about guilt-trippy

What does guilt-trippy mean?
Guilt-trippy means intended to induce a sense of guilt or shame.
What part of speech is guilt-trippy?
Guilt-trippy is an adjective.

Words near guilt-trippy in the dictionary

  1. guilt-ridden
  2. guilt-sick
  3. guilt-trip
  4. guilt-tripped
  5. guilt-tripping
  6. guilt-trippy
  7. guilt-trips
  8. guilted
  9. guilten
  10. guiltened
  11. guiltening

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