Associations to the word «Guilty»

Wiktionary

GUILTY, adjective. Responsible for a dishonest act.
GUILTY, adjective. (legal) Judged to have committed a crime.
GUILTY, adjective. Having a sense of guilt.
GUILTY, adjective. Blameworthy.
GUILTY, noun. (legal) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
GUILTY, noun. (legal) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
GUILTY, noun. One who is declared guilty of a crime.
GUILTY AS SIN, adjective. (simile) (colloquial) Unquestionably guilty.
GUILTY PLEASURE, noun. (idiomatic) Something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo, unadvisable or lowbrow.
GUILTY PLEASURES, noun. Plural of guilty pleasure

Dictionary definition

GUILTY, adjective. Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds".
GUILTY, adjective. Showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater.

Wise words

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