guilty

(gĭl'tē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. 1. Responsible for a reprehensible act; culpable.
   2. Law. Found to have violated a criminal law by a jury or judge.
   3. Deserving blame, as for an error: guilty of misjudgment.
2. Suffering from or prompted by a sense of guilt: a guilty conscience.
3. Suggesting or entailing guilt: a guilty smirk; a guilty secret. See synonyms at blameworthy.

guiltily guilt'i·ly adv.
guiltiness guilt'i·ness n.

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adjective

Deserving blame: blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, reprehensible. Idioms: at fault. See praise/blame.

adj

Definition: blameworthy; found at fault
Antonyms: guiltless, innocent, moral, right, sinless, truthful

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Blameworthy; culpable; having com- mitted a tort or crime; devoid of innocence.

An individual is guilty if he or she is responsible for a delinquency or a criminal or civil offense. When an accused is willing to accept legal responsibility for a criminal act, he or she pleads guilty. Similarly, a jury returns a verdict of guilty upon finding that a defendant has committed a crime. In the event that a jury is not convinced that a defendant has committed a crime, jurors can return a verdict of not guilty, which does not mean that the individual is innocent or that the jurors are so convinced, but rather that they do not believe sufficient evidence has been presented to prove that the defendant is guilty.

In civil lawsuits, the term guilty does not imply criminal responsibility but refers to misconduct.

IN BRIEF: Acting as if one has done something wrong.

The accused person looked guiltily at the accuser.

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For a list of words related to guilty, see:

• Decisions, Judgments, and Conditions - guilty: (adj) found justly responsible for offense and liable to punishment
• Sad, Serious, Pessimistic, or Discontented
• Legal Procedures and Trials - guilty: (adj) justly charged with and convicted of the commission of a crime

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See words rhyming with "guilty."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skyldig, syndig, brødebetynget

idioms:

• guilty conscience    dårlig samvittighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
schuldig

Français (French)
adj. - coupable

idioms:

• guilty conscience    conscience lourde, avoir la conscience lourde

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schuldig, zerknirscht

idioms:

• guilty conscience    schlechtes Gewissen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ένοχος

idioms:

• guilty conscience    ένοχη συνείδηση

Italiano (Italian)
colpevole

idioms:

• guilty conscience    coscienza sporca

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - culpado

idioms:

• guilty conscience    peso (m) de consciência

Русский (Russian)
виновный, виноватый (вид и пр.)

idioms:

• guilty conscience    нечистая совесть

Español (Spanish)
adj. - culpable

idioms:

• guilty conscience    remordimiento de conciencia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skyldig, brottslig, skuldmedveten

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
犯罪的, 心虚的

idioms:

• guilty conscience    亏心, 罪恶感

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 犯罪的, 心虛的

idioms:

• guilty conscience    虧心, 罪惡感

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유죄의, 흠이 있는, 양심의 가책을 느끼는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 有罪の, 罪を犯した, 犯した, 罪の意識がある

idioms:

• guilty conscience    やましい心

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مذنب, مجرم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אשם‬

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