guilt-ridden
- s feeling or revealing a sense of guilt
so guilt-ridden he could not face his father
- But if O'Barry embodies guilt-ridden heartbreak (his mea culpa feels like the theme-park world's version of Robert McNamara's in The Fog of War), the tall and handsome Psihoyos is .
- After the guilt-ridden defeat in Viet Nam and the shocks of Watergate, Carter has given many Americans a renewed feeling that they are standing for something good in the world.
- Amidst a happy spring of comicbooks and kite-flying, young Jon suffers a tragedy that turns him into an instant adult careworn and guilt-ridden.