feel guilty

feel guilty

To feel ashamed and remorseful about something. Thanks for being so nice about everything, but I still feel guilty about interrupting your date. I know Jen pretty well, and I think she feels guilty about upsetting you.
See also: feel, guilty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

feel guilty (about something)

to feel that one is to blame for something; to feel intense regret for something that one has done. I feel guilty for forgetting about your birthday. You shouldn't feel guilty about the accident. It's not your fault.
See also: feel, guilty
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • feel (some emotion) about (someone or something)
  • feel somehow about
  • feel honored
  • feel in bones
  • feel in one's bones
  • feel in your bones
  • feel something in your bones
  • feel (something) in (one's) bones
  • just what the doctor ordered
  • hurt for (someone or something)
References in classic literature
I would feel guilty if there were anything I was ashamed to tell you.
Annes House of Dreams
"Oh, Rita," she repeated with unexpected acidity, which somehow made me feel guilty of an incredible breach of good manners.
I don't feel guilty. It's he who is tormenting himself with his infinite scrupulosity."
Arrow of Gold
"It was bad enough before, when we thought he'd done it, but I'm hanged if it isn't worse now, when we all feel guilty for having been so down on the fellow.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The 49-year-old told Woman's Way: "I feel guilty when I didn't work because I couldn't afford different bits and bobs that I would have liked, like luxuries.
Lucy's guilt at not buying kids luxuries
"I feel guilty that I have not realised the full extent of his illness."
Ex-council leader struggling with mental illness
"Then I feel guilty that I'm not 'enjoying every second' like everyone tells you to because it passes by so quickly, and it does, my eldest is 11 and I feel like I just blinked and that happened."
TV's Stacey reveals parenting struggles
Food and Drug Administration chief Nela Charade Puno could not help but feel guilty about the killling of the three police officers by suspected New People's Army rebels in Lupi town, Camarines Sur on Thursday.
FDA chiefs feels guilty about death of 3 cops in CamSur ambush
I feel guilty when I'm too busy cleaning to play with my girls.
Unconditional guilt
I feel guilty, too, as the chemo might save my life and yet all I can think about is how I don't want to lose my hair.
Feel guilty for worry about losing my hair
Coleen says PLEASE don't feel guilty about that - it's just a visible reminder of the treatment but yet another thing you have to deal with on top of everything else.
Feel guilty over hair loss worry
HALF of workers feel guilty about calling in sick and staying at home even when they have a genuine illness, a new study shows.
Staff feel guilty over sick days
WORKERS FEEL GUILTY OVER TIME OFF SICK HALF of workers feel guilty about calling in sick and staying at home, even when they have a genuine illness, a new study shows.
WORKERS FEEL GUILTY OVER TIME [...]
happy, I still about Despite the fact they are more independent, more mature and emotionally stable and happy, I still feel guilty about absolutely everything.
Being a parent is the best and most challenging lesson ever
"I will always feel guilty I didn't pay more attention and didn't speak up."
Kris: My guilt over murder of pal Nicole