Collocations for "guilt"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "guilt" in context.
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guilt
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- can't live with the guilt (anymore)!
- can't take the guilt (anymore)!
- the guilt is killing me!
- am full of guilt over
- the guilt of [having, being, causing]
- guilt for [having]
- guilt and [shame, fear, depression, remorse]
- the guilt is overwhelming (me)
- is [consumed, overwhelmed, overwrought] by guilt
- this guilt is unbearable!
- seems to not feel guilt
- did [it] without (feeling) guilt
- the feeling of guilt (when)
- his guilt was [established, proven]
- [confess, admit] your guilt
- admitted his guilt in the [robbery, theft]
- prove the [suspect's, defendant's] guilt
- proved his guilt beyond reasonable doubt
- the guilt that you had in the [making, planning] (of)
- the guilt lies [firmly, squarely] with
- sent him on a guilt trip [over, about]
- guilt-free [dessert, dining]
- am still in the guilt phase
'guilt' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
admission
- admit
- attack
- attest
- burden
- chase
- claim
- clear
- complex
- concrete
- confess
- conscience
- conscious
- consume
- creeping
- determination
- feeling
- fleeting
- inference
- kernel
- laden
- ladle
- live
- numb
- overcome
- overwhelm
- overwhelmed
- passing
- plague
- purge
- rack
- remorse
- rid
- riddle
- shadow
- shoulder
- shred
- stab
- statement
- suggestions
- tainted
- twitch
- wave
- whisper
- witness
- wrestle