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. + guiltily guilti·ly He glanced guiltily over his shoulder
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior"
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
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
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
plea that a defendant enters in court admitting that he/she committed the crime; a verdict returned by a jury or Judge finding that the prosecution has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime(s)
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
showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act; or marked by guilt; "guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"; "a guilty conscience"; "guilty behavior
Having committed a crime or tort; the word used by a prisoner in pleading to an indictment when he confesses the crime of which he is charged, and by the jury in convicting