Adopted mother: 'Your parents died. I took you in. If I knew you'd steal from me, I would have left you to the State.'
Mother: 'If only I knew you'd turn out like this, I would have had an abortion.'
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2Embarrassing? Don– rhetoricianCommented Jun 24, 2016 at 14:02
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10In the case of your specific examples, "verbal abuse" or "emotional abuse" works too.– BSMPCommented Jun 24, 2016 at 17:23
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1You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you. I picked you out, I shook you up And turned you around, turned you into someone new. Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet. Success has been so easy for you. But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now, And I can put you back there too. Don't, don't you want me? You know I can't believe it When I hear that you won't see me.– KazCommented Jun 24, 2016 at 23:10
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2Tuesday.– Brock AdamsCommented Jun 25, 2016 at 4:43
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I believe that's called "guilt tripping" someone.
"Guilt trip"
VERB
make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something:
Ex. "a pay increase will not guilt-trip them into improvements."
(Source: Oxford Dictionaries)
Shame (dictionary.com)
n. the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc.
In the example above, however, the mothers are using the verb
Shaming
v. to cause to feel shame; make ashamed
