guiltier; guiltiest
1
: justly chargeable with or responsible for a usually grave breach of conduct or a crime
Does the defendant plead guilty or not guilty?
2
a
: suggesting or involving guilt
The children exchanged guilty looks.
b
: aware of or suffering from guilt
guilty consciences
3
obsolete
: justly liable to or deserving of a penalty
Examples of guilty in a Sentence
Do you think he's innocent or guilty?
Will the defendant plead guilty or not guilty?
The children exchanged guilty looks.
He was acting like someone with a guilty conscience.
There's no need to feel guilty about it.
Recent Examples on the Web
Timothy Martin, a member of the environmental activist coalition Declare Emergency, was on April 8 found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and of injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit, the Department of Justice reports.
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News Desk, Artforum, 9 Apr. 2025
This person is still innocent until proven guilty, but the show does a good job of depicting them as guilty.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2025
Police arrested him after a short chase, and Mahdi later pleaded guilty to the murder.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
South Carolina Department of Corrections / AP Mahdi also pleaded guilty to shooting Winston-Salem, North Carolina, convenience store clerk Christopher Boggs twice in the head three days before Myers was killed.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 9 Apr. 2025
This person is still innocent until proven guilty, but the show does a good job of depicting them as guilty.
—Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2025
Police arrested him after a short chase, and Mahdi later pleaded guilty to the murder.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
South Carolina Department of Corrections / AP Mahdi also pleaded guilty to shooting Winston-Salem, North Carolina, convenience store clerk Christopher Boggs twice in the head three days before Myers was killed.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for guilty
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“Guilty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guilty. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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