guilting
/ˈɡɪltɪŋ/
guilting is the present participle and gerund of guilt.
Meaning of guilt
Verb (1)
guilt (third-person singular simple present guilts, present participle guilting, simple past and past participle guilted)
- To commit offenses; act criminally.
Verb (2)
guilt (third-person singular simple present guilts, present participle guilting, simple past and past participle guilted)
- 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.
Questions about guilting
- What is guilting the present participle and gerund of?
- Guilting is the present participle and gerund of guilt.
- How do you pronounce guilting?
- Guilting is pronounced /ˈɡɪltɪŋ/.
Words near guilting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: guilting (page history and authors); guilt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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