Guilty definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

guilty in American English · 1. having guilt; deserving blame or punishment; culpable · 2. having one's guilt proved; legally judged an offender · 3. showing or ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'guilty'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× guilty (gɪlti ) Wordforms:comparativeguiltier ,superlativeguiltiest 1. adjective[usuallyverb-linkADJECTIVE] Ifyoufeelguilty,youfeelunhappybecauseyouthinkthatyouhavedonesomethingwrongorhavefailedtodosomethingwhichyoushouldhavedone. Ifeelsoguilty,leavingallthistoyou. Whenshesawmeshelookedguilty. [Also+about]Synonyms:ashamed,sorry,rueful,sheepish MoreSynonymsofguilty guiltily adverb[ADVERBwithverb]Heglancedguiltilyoverhisshoulder. 2. adjective[ADJECTIVEnoun] Guiltyisusedofanactionorfactthatyoufeelguiltyabout. Manymaybekeepingitaguiltysecret. Ileavewithaguiltysenseofrelief. 3. guiltyconscience 4. adjective Ifsomeoneisguiltyofacrimeoroffence,theyhavecommittedthatcrimeoroffence. Theywerefoundguiltyofmurder.[+of] Hepleadedguiltytocausingactualbodilyharm. Synonyms:culpable,responsible,convicted,toblame MoreSynonymsofguilty 5. adjective Ifsomeoneisguiltyofdoingsomethingwrong,theyhavedonethatthing. HeclaimedMrBrookehadbeenguiltyofa'grosserrorofjudgment'.[+of] Theywillconsiderwhetherornothehasbeenguiltyofseriousprofessionalmisconduct.[+of] COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof guilty Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'guilty' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'guilty' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'numbat' HindiTranslationof'guilty' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency guiltyinBritishEnglish (ˈɡɪltɪ ) adjectiveWordforms:guiltierorguiltiest1. responsibleforanoffenceormisdeed 2. law havingcommittedanoffenceoradjudgedtohavedoneso theaccusedwasfoundguilty 3. Seepleadguilty 4. of,showing,orcharacterizedbyguilt aguiltysmile guiltypleasures CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsguiltily(ˈguiltily)adverb guiltiness(ˈguiltiness)noun WordFrequency guiltyinAmericanEnglish (ˈgɪlti ) adjectiveWordforms:ˈguiltierorˈguiltiest1.  havingguilt;deservingblameorpunishment;culpable 2.  havingone'sguiltproved;legallyjudgedanoffender 3.  showingorconsciousofguilt aguiltylook 4.  oforinvolvingguiltorasenseofguilt aguiltyconscience Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsguiltily(ˈguiltily) adverb guiltiness(ˈguiltiness) noun WordoriginMEgilti