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guilty
adjective as in blameworthy; found at fault
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- accusable
- caught
- censurable
- censured
- chargeable
- condemned
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- convictable
- criminal
- damned
- delinquent
- depraved
- doomed
- erring
- evil
- felonious
- hangdog
- impeached
- in error
- in the wrong
- incriminated
- iniquitous
- judged
- licentious
- offending
- on one's head
- out of line
- proscribed
- regretful
- reprehensible
- rueful
- sentenced
- sheepish
- sinful
- wicked
Example Sentences
These allegations would constitute serious offences if proven, and according to judiciary sources, she could face imprisonment ranging from 10 to 20 years if found guilty.
The Libyan has pled not guilty to the charges against him.
Jurors at the second trial took just one day to find him guilty of second-degree murder.
A 4-1 majority of justices on Brazil's Supreme Court found the ex-president guilty of plotting a coup after losing the election to Lula and sentenced him to 27 years in prison.
Not proven is one of three verdicts that can be returned in Scotland's criminal courts, alongside guilty and not guilty.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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