Synonyms for guilty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gil-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɪl ti |
Top 10 synonyms for guilty Other synonyms for the word guilty
- censured
- chargeable
- condemned
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- convictable
- criminal
- damned
- delinquent
- depraved
- doomed
- erring
- evil
- felonious
- hangdog
- impeached
- in error
- in the wrong
- incriminated
- iniquitous
- judged
- licentious
- offending
- on one's head
- out of line
- proscribed
- regretful
- reprehensible
- rueful
- sentenced
- sheepish
- sinful
- wicked
Définition of guilty
Origin :- Old English gyltig, from gylt (see guilt (n.)). Of conscience, feelings, etc., 1590s. Meaning "person who is guilty" is from 1540s. To plead not guilty is from 15c.; to plead guilty is 19c., though, as OED notes, "Guilty is technically not a plea, but a confession."
- adj blameworthy; found at fault
- I must make it clear to myself that He does not shut me out of His heart because I am guilty of sins.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- They left it on her breast, in the coffin, and it went with that guilty woman to the tomb.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- If he had been guilty, what was that to the cruel world so ready to punish, so ready to do worse!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But the discovery and punishment of the other guilty ones will.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The easy thing to do was to find me guilty, and let it go at that.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It's the man with the guilty conscience who looks you straight in the eye.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- My dear Alicia, of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a man of his age!
- Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
- If I were to tell you that he is innocent, that I have discovered the guilty one.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Yet—to look at him—who, that had not known the proof, could believe him guilty?
- Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- They tried to make her plead 'Not guilty,' but she wouldn't lie about it, she said.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
Antonyms for guilty
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