bloodguilt

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodguilt
Noun
  • Not the murder, not the arrival of the addicted sister, but the removal of the boy that has been at the core of so much sorrow and betrayal between the sisters.
    Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 20 June 2025
  • That haunting blend of sorrow and defiance shaped us.
    Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • After the trial and sentencings, a noose of grief tightened around the DuFresne family.
    Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
  • An unlikely victim Pam has been a grief counselor and a high school dean.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Buildings continue to fall into economic distress because of government’s housing policies.
    Alva Badillo, New York Daily News, 29 June 2025
  • In line with these ideas, researchers published findings in 2023 that showed that meditation increased people’s concern for the suffering of others—and that, by comparison, people without this practice were more oriented to their own distress.
    Mariah G. Schug, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • To date, Operation UNITED has resulted in 33 positive identifications of people whose disappearance had left family members in anguish.
    Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 16 June 2025
  • Even so, the movie’s forceful visual shocks (executed mostly with practical effects) are easier to bear than its restlessly mounting anguish.
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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“Bloodguilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodguilt. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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