guilty
Responsible for a dishonest act.
Example
“He was guilty of cheating at cards.”
Other meanings
Judged to have committed a crime.
“The guilty man was led away.”
Having a sense of guilt.
“Do you have a guilty conscience?”
Related words
- beguilty
- bloodguilty
- guiltily
- guiltiness
- guilty as charged
- guilty as sin
- guilty conscience
- guiltylike
- guilty pleasure
- inguilty
- nonguilty
- unguilty
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "gyltiġ" (offending, guilty).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “guilty” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.