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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for action |
| Synonyms: | amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, caught, caught in the act, caught red-handed, censurable, demeritorious, dirty, found wanting, guilty, hung up, impeachable, in the wrong, indictable, liable, off base, out of line, punishable, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, smoking gun, to blame, unholy, wrong |
| Antonyms: | blameless, inculpable, innocent, not guilty, right |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lawless, felonious |
| Synonyms: | bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base, out of line, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat, wrong |
| Antonyms: | correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damnable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atrocious, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, blamed, blessed, culpable, cursed, dang, darn, depraved, despicable, detestable, dratted, execrable, hateful, odious, offensive, outrageous, wicked |
| Antonyms: | admirable, blessed, cherished, exalted, favorable, favored, good, laudatory, loveable, praiseworthy |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresponsible, defaulting |
| Synonyms: | behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, defaultant, derelict, disregardful, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, offending, overdue, procrastinating, red-handed, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid |
| Antonyms: | behaving, careful, responsible |
| Main Entry: | guilty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameworthy; found at fault |
| Synonyms: | accusable, caught, censurable, censured, chargeable, condemned, conscience-stricken, contrite, convictable, convicted, criminal, culpable, damned, delinquent, depraved, doomed, erring, evil, felonious, hangdog, impeached, in error, in the wrong, incriminated, iniquitous, judged, liable, licentious, offending, on one's head, out of line, proscribed, regretful, remorseful, reprehensible, responsible, rueful, sentenced, sheepish, sinful, sorry, wicked, wrong |
| Antonyms: | guiltless, innocent, moral, right, sinless, truthful |
| Main Entry: | remiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, thoughtless |
| Synonyms: | any old way, any which way, asleep at switch, asleep on job, behindhand, culpable, daydreaming, defaultant, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, disregardful, fainéant, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, regardless, slack, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slothful, slow, tardy, uninterested, unmindful, woolgathering |
| Antonyms: | careful, mindful, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | reprehensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad; shameful |
| Synonyms: | amiss, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, culpable, delinquent, demeritorious, discreditable, disgraceful, errant, erring, guilty, ignoble, objectionable, opprobrious, remiss, sinful, unholy, unworthy, wicked |
| Antonyms: | creditable, good, kind, respectable |
| Main Entry: | responsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accountable, in charge |
| Synonyms: | answerable, at fault, at the helm, authoritative, bonded, bound, bound to, carrying the load, censurable, chargeable, compelled, constrained, contracted, culpable, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, engaged, executive, exposed, fettered, guilty, hampered, held, high, important, in authority, in control, incumbent, liable, minding the store, obligated, obliged, on the hook, open, pledged, subject, susceptive, sworn to, tied, to blame, under contract, under obligation |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust |
| Antonyms: | excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible |
| Main Entry: | sinful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, criminal |
| Synonyms: | amiss, bad, base, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, corrupt, culpable, damnable, demeritorious, depraved, disgraceful, erring, evil, guilty, iniquitous, irreligious, low, morally wrong, reprehensible, reprobate, shameful, ungodly, unholy, unregenerate, unrighteous, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong |
| Antonyms: | honest, moral, righteous, upright |
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