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guilty

UK/ˈɡɪl.ti/ US/ˈɡɪlti/ common

adjective

1.

responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt

  • “guilty of murder”
  • “the guilty person”
  • “secret guilty deeds”
  • “a guilty conscience”
  • “guilty behavior”
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2.

showing a sense of guilt

  • “a guilty look”
  • “the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy” Eric Linklater
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Origin

From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gyltiġ (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt + -y.

Phrases

  • guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl
  • guilty as charged
  • guilty as sin
  • guilty conscience
  • guilty pleasure
  • weighed in the balance

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