guilty
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1.4
- adjective
- /ˈɡɪlti/
:
culpable
- I felt so guilty for canceling on him.
- feel guilty
- make someone feel guilty
- guilty conscience
I feel almost guilty, but at the same time not.
- I feel almost guilty, but at the same time not.
- Always pitying them or feeling guilty or craving them or hating them.
- So you know, and also don't feel guilty about having days in.
- This may leave you feeling guilty, especially if you ended it.
- Like you should feel guilty for getting what you're worth, right?
- So maybe when they're around that person, they feel guilty and and uncomfortable.
- Go there, feel guilty if you do and deal with it.
- And I remember just feeling so guilty, like, you know, Catholic guilt.
- Even if they don't feel guilty for the affair itself.
Examples
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Often without really knowing why, we felt guilty and ashamed, depressed and cynical.
Academic text (1999) -
Well, I guess I feel... you know, a little guilty.
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If anything, I feel guilty that I have it so good.
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I feel almost guilty, but at the same time not.
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This may leave you feeling guilty, especially if you ended it.
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I mean, I feel a little guilty about this.
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I feel guilty about what I did to Walter, but not that guilty.
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Sure, our mind would always rather feel guilty than helpless.
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All thoughtful persons experience a sense of guilty responsibility for the causes that led to the explosion.
Academic text (2017) -
She felt guilty after forgetting her friend's birthday.
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling sorry or guilty about something
504
1.0
Feeling embarrassed and guilty about something you did or failed to do
26
7.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong
18
4.6
Feeling very sorry for doing something that hurt someone
5
6.5
Feeling very sorry and upset because you did something wrong
3
8.2
Feeling or looking very ashamed for doing something wrong
1
6.5
Deserving blame for doing something wrong or harmful
1
6.5
Feeling or showing shame and embarrassment
1
4.4
Feeling guilty and embarrassed after doing something wrong or being caught
1
8.6
Looking sad and ashamed because you feel guilty or embarrassed
1
7.9
Deserving criticism because someone did something wrong
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
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3.2
A court or jury finds someone did not commit the crime they were charged with
How Guilty
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Morphology
Etymology
Guilty comes from the Old English word gylt meaning 'wrong' or 'fault', and it is the same root as the noun guilt. So when someone looks guilty, their face shows they feel responsible for a wrong.