Definitions for Guilty
ˈgɪl tiguilty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. guiltyadjective

   responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act

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

2. guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamedadjective

   showing a sense of guilt

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guiltynoun

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

2. guiltynoun

   A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.

3. guiltyadjective

   Responsible for a dishonest act.

   He was guilty of cheating at cards.

4. guiltyadjective

   Judged to have committed a crime.

   The guilty man was led away.

5. guiltyadjective

   Having a sense of guilt

   Do you have a guilty conscience?

6. guiltyadjective

   Blameworthy.

   I have a guilty secret.

7. Etymology: From gilty, gulty, from gyltig, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUILTYadjective

   Etymology: giltig, Saxon, one condemned to pay a fine for an offence.

   1. Justly chargeable with a crime; not innocent.

   Is there not a ballad of the king and the beggar?
   —— The world was guilty of such a ballad some three ages since. William Shakespeare, Love’s Labour Lost.

   Mark’d you not
   How that the guilty kindred of the queen
   Look’d pale, when they did hear of Clarence' death? William Shakespeare.

   We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Gen. xlii. 21.

   With mortal hatred I pursu’d his life,
   Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife;
   Nor I, but as I lov’d; yet all combin’d,
   Your beauty and my impotence of mind. Dryden.

   Farewel the stones
   And threshold, guilty of my midnight moans. Dryden.

   There is no man, that is knowingly wicked, but is guilty to himself; and there is no man, that carries guilt about him, but he receives a sting into his soul. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   2. Wicked; corrupt.

   All the tumult of a guilty world,
   Tost by ungenerous passion, sinks away. James Thomson, Spring.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guilty

   Guilty is a popular song published in 1931. The music was written by Richard A. Whiting and Harry Akst. The lyrics were written by Gus Kahn. The song was popularized by Margaret Whiting (Richard Whiting's daughter) and by Johnny Desmond in 1946. The Whiting recording was made on October 9, 1946, and released by Capitol Records (catalog number 324). It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart. The Desmond recording was made on December 6, 1946, and released by RCA Victor (catalog number 20-2109). It reached No. 12 on the Billboard chart. An early version was featured on the soundtrack of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 film, Amélie, a Decca recording made on December 2, 1931 by Al Bowlly, a popular British singer of the thirties, accompanied by Roy Fox and his Orchestra. Al Bowlly also recorded the song on several other occasions. Other recordings were made by: Bing Crosby on November 7, 1931, recorded on radio, for Cremo Cigars Ruth Etting on September 1, 1931, originally issued on Columbia 2529-D (Matrix 151761-3). Charted at #4.

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1. guilty

   Guilty is an adjective used to describe a state of being responsible for wrongdoing, committing a crime, or an act that is considered wrong or unlawful. It also refers to a feeling of remorse or regret for one's actions. In a legal context, 'guilty' is the verdict pronounced when a person has been proven to have committed the crime they were accused of in a court of law.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guilty

   having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty; -- used with of, and usually followed by the crime, sometimes by the punishment

2. Guilty

   evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling

3. Guilty

   conscious; cognizant

4. Guilty

   condemned to payment

5. Etymology: [AS. gyltig liable. See Guilt.]

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1. Guilty

   "Guilty" is a hook-centric song by the Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus, originally released on the band's fifth album Dead Letters on March 21, 2003. The single was released on August 4, 2004 by the record label Playground Music. It was the last single from the album Dead Letters and also features the track "First Day of My Life". The UK version features "Guilty", "Play Dead" and the video of "Guilty".

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Guilty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2496

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Guilty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2272

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Guilty' in Adjectives Frequency: #319

How to pronounce Guilty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Guilty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Guilty in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Guilty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Guilty in a Sentence

1. Kevin Downey:

   If someone is acting in good faith or someone does not believe that what they are doing actually is part of a scheme to defraud, then the correct verdict is a not guilty verdict.

2. Paula Duncan:

   I thought that the public, America, needed to know how close this was, and that the evidence was overwhelming, i did not want Paul Manafort to be guilty, but Paul Manafort was, and no one's above the law. So it was our obligation to look through all the evidence.

3. Rudy Giuliani:

   If Hunter Biden's not guilty or it's not provable, they should get it out of the way now.

4. Carmelita Cruz:

   I think the government is guilty. But obviously they want to wash their hands and blame those who are not responsible, in this case, my son is so young. I know him. He does not know how to use a weapon. ... He doesn't even know how to use a knife. And I think that's true of all 43 of the young people. If they had weapons, they would have defended themselves.

5. Jan Cilliers:

   We,Christy’s family, will NOT rest until these men face a jury of their peers and are found guilty. Then and only then will justice be found for Christy and Marcela.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Guilty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Guilty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Guilty
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Guilty
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Guilty