guilty

guilty is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. 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. superlative. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling.
3. superlative. Conscious; cognizant.
4. superlative. Condemned to payment.
5. adjective. showing a sense of guilt- Eric Linklater

   "a guilty look"

   "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"

   Synonyms: hangdog, shamed, shamefaced

6. adjective. responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act

   "guilty of murder"

   "the guilty person"

Synonyms

hangdog, shamed, shamefaced

Common word forms

guiltier, guiltily, guiltiest

Words from these letters

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