bad conscience

Frequency: 7.011.2 per million words

Used to describe a state of feeling guilty.

conscienceADJECTIVE + conscience

Categories:

bad

Examples (10)

  • He lived with a bad conscience for years after the incident.
  • Lying to his parents gave him a bad conscience.
  • She has a bad conscience about not visiting her grandmother more often.
  • How can you sleep at night with such a bad conscience?
  • After cheating on the exam, the student was plagued by a bad conscience.
  • If you take the money, you'll be left with a bad conscience for life.
  • The politician tried to hide his corruption, but his bad conscience eventually led him to confess.
  • To ease his bad conscience, he decided to return what he had stolen.
  • A bad conscience is a heavy burden to carry through life.
  • He admitted everything, hoping to finally soothe his bad conscience.