guilty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: guilty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for guilty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guilty adj responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds" Antonym(s): clean-handed, guiltless, innocent showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater Synonym(s): guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Guilty \Guilt"y\, a. [Compar. {Gultier}; superl. {Guiltiest}.] [AS. gyltig liable. See {Guilt}.] 1. 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. They answered and said, He is guilty of death. --Matt. xxvi. 66. Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife. --Dryden. 2. Evincing or indicating guilt; involving guilt; as, a guilty look; a guilty act; a guilty feeling. 3. Conscious; cognizant. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 4. Condemned to payment. [Obs. & R.] --Dryden.