: something pleasurable that induces a usually minor feeling of guilt
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Many people used to consider reality TV shows a guilty pleasure, says Lindemann.—Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026 If baseball is America's pastime, and football is its obsession, then the Ultimate Fighting Championship might be its guilty pleasure.—Luke Burbank, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026 I'mPhaedra Trethan, contemplating a guilty pleasure.—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026 Instantly recognizable to anyone fluent in ’90s red carpet culture, and an instant nostalgia guilty pleasure.—Alex Badia, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guilty pleasure