Definitions for guilty
ˈgɪl tiguilty

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. Theodore Roosevelt:

   When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

2. Rusty Hardin:

   Deshaun Watson did not commit any crimes and is not guilty of any offenses. Now that the criminal investigations have been completed, we are happy to move forward with the civil case depositions, we will vigorously defend those cases with every ounce we have.

3. Zhang Lei:

   He wasn't guilty of anything at all. This sentence is unacceptable and unfair.

4. Wa Lone:

   Although we are charged, we are not guilty, we will not retreat, give up or be shaken by this.

5. H. L. Mencken:

   If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.

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