- guilt
- noun1 feelingADJECTIVE▪ intense, overwhelming, terrible, tremendous▪ lingering▪ sexual▪ Catholic, Jewish, etc.▪ liberal, middle-class (esp. BrE), white (all disapproving)▪
These actions are merely intended to assuage white liberal guilt.
▪ collective, personal▪They feel a sense of collective guilt for the Holocaust.
▪ survivor… OF GUILT▪ pang, twingeVERB + GUILT▪ bear, carry▪It helped him bear the guilt he felt.
▪ be consumed with, be driven by, be haunted by, be overwhelmed with, be racked with, experience, feel, suffer▪I knew that the next day I would be consumed with guilt.
▪You needn't feel any guilt about me.
▪ alleviate, assuage, ease▪Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
GUILT + VERB▪ overwhelm sb, wash over sb▪ consume sb, weigh down on sb, weigh on sbGUILT + NOUN▪ complex▪ feelings▪ trip (= things you say in order to make sb feel guilty about sth)▪She was trying to lay a guilt trip on me.
PREPOSITION▪ guilt about, guilt at, guilt over▪He had no feelings of guilt over what he had done.
PHRASES▪ a burden of guilt▪the burden of guilt that she carried with her
▪ a feeling of guilt, a sense of guilt2 fact of having broken a law/done sth wrongVERB + GUILT▪ admit, confess▪ deny▪Many of the accused would deny their guilt to the magistrates.
▪ determine, establish, prove▪It might be difficult to prove his guilt.
GUILT + VERB▪ lie▪There is no doubt as to where the guilt lies.
PHRASES▪ an admission of guilt▪I took his silence as an admission of guilt.
▪ proof of guilt
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
