Guilty
['gɪltɪ] or ['ɡɪlti]
Definition
(adj.) showing a sense of guilt; 'a guilty look'; 'the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy'- Eric Linklater .
(adj.) responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; 'guilty of murder'; 'the guilty person'; 'secret guilty deeds' .
Typed by Abe--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment.
(superl.) Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
(superl.) Conscious; cognizant.
(superl.) Condemned to payment.
Typed by Jolin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Criminal, culpable.
Typist: Robbie
Examples
- She had some guilty reason for going to the town secretly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If she's not guilty, Pitt, she's as bad as guilty, and I'll never see her again--never. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Yes, I am guilty of those faults, and punished for them every day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If you ever say less than this, you will be guilty of deliberate falsehood to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Of course, my fair readers would not have me guilty of such extreme ill-breeding as to differ in opinion from a noble duke! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Polemarchus and I may have been guilty of a little mistake in the argument, but I can assure you that the error was not intentional. Plato. The Republic.
- At one time I considered whether I should not declare myself guilty, and suffer the penalty of the law, less innocent than poor Justine had been. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Look at that, James and Mr. Crawley, cried Mrs. Bute, pointing at the scared figure of the black-eyed, guilty wench. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He is mad--mad with the terrors of a guilty conscience. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I cannot conceive how I can be guilty of such heartless unfeeling behaviour! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There appeared to be no line of demarcation between the young person's excessive innocence, and another person's guiltiest knowledge. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Vanessa