"guilty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈgɪl.ti/ [US] Audio: en-us-guilty.ogg [US] Forms: guilty [positive], guiltier [comparative], guiltiest [superlative]
Etymology: guilt + -y Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|guilt|y}} guilt + -y Head templates: {{adj|guilty|guiltier|guiltiest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are guilty of something, you did it. This is usually for doing a bad thing.
    Sense id: simple-guilty-en-adj-0KuWxlPy
  2. If you feel guilty you feel bad about something you did.
    Sense id: simple-guilty-en-adj-KL5C06dA
  3. If you are found guilty of a crime, a court of law said you did do that crime.
    Sense id: simple-guilty-en-adj-4ZYvqGwI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -y
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