Guilty

//ˈɡɪl.ti//

Synonyms for "guilty" (71 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

at fault blameworthy criminal culpable delinquent accountable amiss answerable apologetic arraignable ashamed

Adjective(4 words)

Strong matches (21)

blamable blameful bloodguilty censurable chargeable conscience smitten conscience-stricken contrite embarrassed fault faulty fineable guilt ridden impeachable impeached implicated incriminated inculpated

Adjective(2 words)

blameless blameworthy

Adjective(1 words)

hangdog

Related words (35)

indictable indicted involved not guilty offending peccant penitent punishable red handed red-faced regretful remorseful repentant reprehensible reproachable reprovable responsible rueful shamefaced sheepish

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shildy sinful sorrowful sorry terrible to blame unholy wrong

Adjective(5 words)

praiseworthy remiss reprehensible shildy to blame

Adjective(2 words)

shamed shamefaced

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

7 entries

accountable amenable exceptionable illaudable responsible uncommendable unpraiseworthy

Antonyms

4 entries

innocent not guilty not proven

Synonyms

3 entries

culpable shamefaced shildy

Related terms

3 entries

peccable unguilty weighed in the balance

defined as

1 entries

opposite of innocent

derived

13 entries

beguilty bloodguilty guiltily guiltiness guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl guilty as charged guilty as sin guilty conscience guilty pleasure guiltylike inguilty nonguilty unguilty

derived from

1 entries

guilt

has context

1 entries

legal

is a

1 entries

television episode

related to

19 entries

act blameworthy charge committed contest crime defendant dishonest guilt guilty as sin inculpatory judge judged jury plea responsible

Showing 16 of 19 words.

similar

33 entries

ashamed at fault blamable blameable blameful blameworthy bloodguilty censurable chargeable conscience smitten conscience-smitten criminal

Showing 16 of 33 words.

Translations

141 translations across 58 languages.

Aghwan

1 entries

𐔲𐔴𐔾𐔿𐔰 adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Amharic

1 entries

ጥፋተኛ adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἔνοχος adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
ἔνοχος adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Arabic

3 entries

مُذْنِب adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
مُذْنِب adj (judged to have committed a crime)
مُذْنِبَة adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Armenian

3 entries

հանցավոր adj (judged to have committed a crime)
մեղավոր adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
մեղավոր adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Belarusian

2 entries

ві́нны adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
вінава́ты adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Bulgarian

3 entries

вино́вен adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
вино́вен adj (judged to have committed a crime)
гузен adj (having a sense of guilt)

Catalan

4 entries

culpable adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
culpable adj (judged to have committed a crime)
culpable adj (having a sense of guilt)
reprovable adj (blameworthy)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

有罪 adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
有罪 adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Czech

2 entries

vinen adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
vinný adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Danish

2 entries

skyldig adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
skyldig adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Dutch

2 entries

schuldig adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
schuldig adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Esperanto

1 entries

kulpa adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Finnish

4 entries

likainen adj (blameworthy)
ruma adj (blameworthy)
syyllinen adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
syyllinen adj (judged to have committed a crime)

French

2 entries

coupable adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
coupable adj (judged to have committed a crime)

German

4 entries

fehlbar adj (judged to have committed a crime)
schuldbewusst adj (having a sense of guilt)
schuldig adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
schuldig adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Greek

2 entries

ένοχος adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
ένοχος adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Hebrew

4 entries

אָשֵׁם adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
אָשֵׁם adj (judged to have committed a crime)
אָשֵׁם adj (having a sense of guilt)
חַיָּב adj (blameworthy)

Hindi

1 entries

दोषी adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Hungarian

2 entries

bűnös adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
bűnös adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Icelandic

1 entries

sekur adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Irish

3 entries

ciontach adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
ciontach adj (judged to have committed a crime)
ciontach adj (having a sense of guilt)

Italian

2 entries

colpevole adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
colpevole adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Japanese

3 entries

有罪の adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
有罪の adj (having a sense of guilt)
疚しい adj (having a sense of guilt)

Kalmyk

1 entries

бурута adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Khmer

1 entries

មានទោស adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Korean

1 entries

유죄의 adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Latin

4 entries

culpabilis adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
nocens adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
nocens adj (judged to have committed a crime)
reus adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Latvian

4 entries

atbildīgs adj (blameworthy)
vaininiece adj (judged to have committed a crime)
vaininieks adj (judged to have committed a crime)
vainīgs adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

schëlleg adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Macedonian

1 entries

виновен adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Malay

1 entries

bersalah adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Malayalam

3 entries

കുറ്റക്കാരനായ adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
കുറ്റക്കാരനായ adj (judged to have committed a crime)
കുറ്റബോധമുള്ള adj (having a sense of guilt)

Maltese

1 entries

ħati adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Māori

3 entries

mau tangetange adj (judged to have committed a crime)
whaihara adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
whaihara adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

skyldig adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

skuldig adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
skyldig adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Old English

2 entries

sċyldiġ adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
sċyldiġ adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Persian

2 entries

گناهکار adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
گناهکار adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Polish

4 entries

oskarżony adj (judged to have committed a crime)
winien adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
winna adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
winny adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Portuguese

3 entries

culpado adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
culpado adj (judged to have committed a crime)
culpado adj (having a sense of guilt)

Romani

1 entries

dosh adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Romanian

2 entries

vinovat adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
vinovat adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Russian

4 entries

вино́вный adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
вино́вный adj (judged to have committed a crime)
винова́тый adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
винова́тый adj (having a sense of guilt)

Sanskrit

1 entries

ऋण adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kriv adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
крив adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Sicilian

4 entries

affruntatu adj (having a sense of guilt)
curpàvili adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
jastimijatu adj (blameworthy)
ncurpatu adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Slovak

1 entries

vínny adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Slovene

1 entries

kriv adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Spanish

3 entries

culpable adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
culpable adj (judged to have committed a crime)
nocente adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Swedish

3 entries

skamsen adj (having a sense of guilt)
skyldig adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
skyldig adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Thai

1 entries

มีความผิด adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Turkish

2 entries

suçlu adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
suçlu adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ви́нний adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
винува́тий adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Urdu

2 entries

مجرم adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
مجرم adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Vietnamese

4 entries

có tội adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
có tội adj (judged to have committed a crime)
phạm tội adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
phạm tội adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Walloon

2 entries

coupåbe adj (responsible for a dishonest act)
coupåbe adj (judged to have committed a crime)

Yiddish

1 entries

שולדיק adj (responsible for a dishonest act)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Prosecutors in court have to substantiate their claims in order to prove a suspect is guilty.

Source: tatoeba (1956)

The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.

Source: tatoeba (2019)

You are guilty of murder.

Source: tatoeba (16111)

You make me feel so guilty.

Source: tatoeba (17522)

Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.

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