Synonyms for Guilty
ˈgɪl tiguilty

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1. guiltyadjective

   Antonyms:
   innocent, not guilty

2. guiltynoun

   A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.

   He was guilty of cheating at cards.

   Antonyms:
   innocent, not guilty

3. guiltyadjective

   Judged to have committed a crime.

   The guilty man was led away.

   Antonyms:
   not guilty, innocent

4. guiltyadjective

   Do you have a guilty conscience?

   Antonyms:
   innocent, not guilty

5. guiltyadjective

   I have a guilty secret.

   Antonyms:
   not guilty, innocent

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1. guilty

   Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.

   Synonyms:
   abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

   Antonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous

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1. guiltyadjective

   responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act

   "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"

   Synonyms:
   shamed, hangdog, shamefaced

   Antonyms:
   acquitted, exculpated, vindicated, unashamed, guiltless, clean-handed, innocent, blameless, exonerated, absolved, unimpeachable, not guilty, irreproachable, inculpable, clear, cleared

2. guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamedadjective

   showing a sense of guilt

   "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater

   Synonyms:
   shamefaced, sheepish, disgraced, shamed, discredited, guilty, dishonored, hangdog

   Antonyms:
   not guilty, irreproachable, unashamed, inculpable, cleared, innocent, blameless, acquitted, exculpated, clean-handed, absolved, guiltless, exonerated, vindicated, clear, unimpeachable

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1. guiltyadjective

   Synonyms:
   criminal, culpable

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1. guiltyadjective

   Synonyms:
   culpable, punishable, criminal, peccant, sinful

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1. List of paraphrases for "guilty":

   guilt, culpable, culprit, culpability, responsible, perpetrator, offender, convicted, comet, unsub, blame

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How to use Guilty in a sentence?

1. Preston Allen:

   I've always been very lucky, my family fully supports me, I'm very embraced by my community, i felt guilty about that in the past because I understand that's not the experience everyone has, but instead of feeling guilty I want to shine that forward.

2. Anna Faris:

   Chris and I did talk about [it]. We got, like on the Twitter feed, ‘Love is dead’ and ‘relationship goals,' i think what we were also guilty of — we obviously cultivated something and it was rewarding for a while. It was like ‘People seem to think we got all this s—t right.’.

3. Unknown:

   Forgiveness does not mean the cancellation of all consequences of wrong doing. It means the refusal on God's part to let our guilty past affect His relationship with us.

4. Janet Jackson:

   My brother would never do something like that, but I'm still guilty by association. That's what they call it, right ? he didn't have that in him.

5. Luiz Carlos Heinze:

   If cabinet members are found guilty they have to go. Three have fallen and more could follow. That's not a problem. Temer will still have our support because Brazil was adrift and he has set the economy on a new course.