guilty

5 definitions • 12 examples

feeling guilt:

guilty about I feel so guilty about forgetting her birthday.

She must have done something wrong, because she's looking so guilty.

guilty conscience You've got a guilty conscience - that's why you can't sleep.

responsible for breaking a law:

guilty of The jury has to decide whether a person is guilty or innocent of a crime.

proven guilty A person accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

plead guilty to The defendent pleaded guilty (= they formally admitted their guilt in court) to the charge of manslaughter.

the person who has done something wrong or who has committed a crime:

She was knocked down by a speeding driver, and the guilty party was never caught.

I didn't download this music. I think one of the children must have been the guilty party.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission noted that, until the guilty parties were confronted, there could not be justice.

If the guilty party cannot be identified, all of you will be punished.

How dare he act as though she were the guilty party when the situation was all his own fault?

If you feel guilty, you feel that you have done something wrong:

I feel so guilty about forgetting your birthday.

Someone who has a guilty conscience is unhappy because of something wrong that the person feels he or she has done.