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Word entry · 5 letters

guilt

Best crossword clue

"Feeling of wrongdoing"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɡɪlt/Part of speech nounSorted giltuStarts with GEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense

Word origin

From Middle English gilten, gylten, from Old English gyltan (“to commit sin, be guilty”), from gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”).

Used in a sentence

  • He didn't want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.
  • Shame based parents would have guilted him for expressing anger.
  • We don't have to be manipulated, guilted, coerced, or forced into anything.

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