culpabiliser

to make feel guilty

verb kul-pah-bee-lee-ZAY Rare

Also means

to guilt-trip

Usage Note

Culpabiliser can be transitive (culpabiliser quelqu'un — to make someone feel guilty) or reflexive (se culpabiliser — to blame oneself). It is a modern French formation from culpabilité (guilt). The related adjective culpabilisant describes something that triggers guilt; déculpabiliser is its antonym.

Examples

"Arrête de me culpabiliser pour ça."

Natural Translation

Stop making me feel guilty about that.

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