transcription, транскрипция: [ gɪlti ]
( guiltier, guiltiest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you feel guilty , you feel unhappy because you think that you have done something wrong or have failed to do something which you should have done.
I feel so guilty, leaving all this to you...
When she saw me she looked guilty.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ about n
• guilti‧ly
He glanced guiltily over his shoulder.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
Guilty is used of an action or fact that you feel guilty about.
Many may be keeping it a guilty secret...
I leave with a guilty sense of relief.
guilty conscience: see conscience
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
If someone is guilty of a crime or offence, they have committed that crime or offence.
They were found guilty of murder...
He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm.
ADJ : oft ADJ of n / -ing
4.
If someone is guilty of doing something wrong, they have done that thing.
He claimed Mr Brooke had been guilty of a ‘gross error of judgment’...
They will consider whether or not he has been guilty of serious professional misconduct.
ADJ : oft ADJ of n / -ing