Guilty

/ˈɡɪl.ti/ · adjective

Meaning

Responsible for a dishonest act..

Definitions by Sense

1. Responsible for a dishonest act.
2. (law) Judged to have committed a crime.
3. Having a sense of guilt.
4. Blameworthy.
5. (law) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
6. (law) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
7. One who is declared guilty of a crime.

Example Sentences

He was guilty of cheating at cards.

The guilty man was led away.

Do you have a guilty conscience?

I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.

The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.

I have a guilty secret.

Don’t you see that we have been playing a guilty game, and have been overreached […]

At twilight in the summerv[…] the mice come out. Theyv[…]veat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.

Synonyms for guilty

Antonyms for guilty

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Word Forms

• guiltier
• more guilty
• guiltiest
• most guilty
• guilties

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