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guilty
[gil-tee]
adjective
having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable.
The jury found her guilty of murder.
characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt.
guilty intent.
Synonyms: , , , ,having or showing a sense of guilt, whether real or imagined.
a guilty conscience.
guilty
/ ĖÉ”ÉŖ±ō³ŁÉŖ /
adjective
responsible for an offence or misdeed
law having committed an offence or adjudged to have done so
the accused was found guilty
law (of a person charged with an offence) to admit responsibility; confess
of, showing, or characterized by guilt
a guilty smile
guilty pleasures
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- guiltily adverb
- guiltiness noun
- overguilty adjective
- quasi-guiltily adverb
- quasi-guilty adjective
- Ė²µ³Ü¾±±ō³Ł¾±²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
- Ė²µ³Ü¾±±ō³Ł¾±±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Juries do a fairly good job of deciding certain questions of fact ā is somebody guilty or not? ā but they are dominated by the more educated people, the more advantaged.
"Historically in Britain, we have a history that you are innocent until proven guilty but when an algorithm, a camera and a facial recognition system gets involved, you are guilty."
All four defendants entered not guilty pleas Thursday and are being held on $100,000 bail.
Every run that Australia managed to eke out for their final wicket would have gnawed away at Bavuma who was, if we are being hypercritical, guilty of a slight captaincy misstep.
Hasaan Arshad, 25, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act following an investigation led by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.
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Related 51³Ō¹Ļs
- convictedĢż
- culpableĢż
- liableĢż
- remorsefulĢż
- responsibleĢż
- sorryĢż
- wrongĢż
When To Use
If youāre guilty, it means you were responsible for doing something wrong, especially a crime. If youāre found guilty, it means a jury has officially decided that you committed a crime. If you feel guilty, it means you feel bad about something you shouldnāt have done or should have done but didnāt.In a legal context, guilty is the opposite of innocent (not guilty). It is often used in an official sense, but not always.Example: Once when I was a kid I shoplifted a stick of gum from the store and felt so guilty about it that I was crying by the time I got home.
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