guilty

Definition

Examples

He felt guilty about missing the team meeting yesterday.

Word Family

Synonyms

• culpabledeserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
• remorsefulfeeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
• ashamedfeeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

Collocations

• Easy feel guilty
  to feel guilty, meaning to undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
• Medium plead guilty to the charges
  to plead guilty to the charges, meaning to appeal or request earnestly
• Hard found guilty of fraud
  to found guilty of fraud, meaning to set up or found
• Very Hard guilty conscience needs no accuser
  describing guilty conscience needs no accuser (responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act)