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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
Studies show that making people feel guilty about climate change can motivate change, while others have suggested that shame, fear and anger can motivate behavioral change as well.
He was arrested April 9 and pleaded not guilty April 11.
Abedi was found guilty of 22 counts of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to cause an explosion likely to endanger life in 2020.
That process isn’t perfect, and actually existing criminal justice systems tend to fall short of the ideal: sometimes the guilty get off, and sometimes the innocent are condemned.
Last year, he was found guilty on 34 counts for fraudulently classifying reimbursements for a hush-money payment made to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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