Idiom
guilty pleasure
Meaning
Something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo, unadvisable or lowbrow.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Watching reality television is my favorite guilty pleasure.”
“Even though he loves classical music, listening to cheesy pop songs remains his secret guilty pleasure.”
“She confessed that reading sensationalist tabloid magazines was her guilty pleasure, despite her reputation as a serious academic scholar.”
Examples
simple
“Watching reality television is my favorite guilty pleasure.”
contextual
“Even though he loves classical music, listening to cheesy pop songs remains his secret guilty pleasure.”
complex
“She confessed that reading sensationalist tabloid magazines was her guilty pleasure, despite her reputation as a serious academic scholar.”
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