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No. 9,315 in French

culpabilise

To make someone feel guilty.

In a sentence

  • Elle se sent coupable parce qu'il la culpabilise pour les erreurs passées.

    She feels guilty because he makes her feel guilty for past mistakes.

    The verb 'culpabilise' is used here to mean 'make feel guilty', indicating an action where someone induces feelings of guilt in another person.

  • Ils ont culpabilisé leur ami jusqu'à ce qu'il s'excuse.

    They made their friend feel guilty until he apologized.

    In this instance, 'culpabilisé' is used in the past tense to express that someone was made to feel guilty as a result of the others' actions.

  • Est-ce que tu culpabilises vraiment quelqu'un en disant cela?

    Are you really making someone feel guilty by saying this?

    Here the verb 'culpabilises' appears in the present tense and interrogative form, questioning the act of causing guilt in another person.

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