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| Main Entry: | guilty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameworthy; found at fault |
| Synonyms: | accusable, caught, censurable, censured, chargeable, condemned, conscience-stricken, contrite, convictable, convicted, criminal, culpable, damned, delinquent, depraved, doomed, erring, evil, felonious, hangdog*, impeached, in error, in the wrong, incriminated, iniquitous, judged, liable, licentious, offending, on one's head, out of line, proscribed, regretful, remorseful, reprehensible, responsible, rueful, sentenced, sheepish, sinful, sorry, wicked, wrong |
| Antonyms: | guiltless, innocent, moral, right, sinless, truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ashamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, guilty, hesitant, humble, humiliated, meek, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, submissive, chagrined, compunctious, demeaned, discomfited, flustered, humbled, mortified, stammering, stuttering |
| Antonyms: | bold, defiant, immodest, shameless, not sorry, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | culpable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for action |
| Synonyms: | amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameworthy, caught, censurable, dirty, guilty, hung up, liable, off base, punishable, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, smoking gun*, unholy, wrong, blameful, caught in the act, caught red-handed, demeritorious, found wanting, impeachable, in the wrong, indictable, out of line, to blame |
| Antonyms: | blameless, inculpable, innocent, right, not guilty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresponsible, defaulting |
| Synonyms: | behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, derelict, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, overdue, red-handed*, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid, defaultant, disregardful, offending, procrastinating |
| Antonyms: | careful, responsible, behaving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hangdog |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shamefaced |
| Synonyms: | ashamed, conscience-stricken, defeated, downcast, guilty, intimidated, sheepish, wretched, browbeaten, cowering |
| Main Entry: | illicit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not legal; forbidden |
| Synonyms: | adulterous, bootleg*, clandestine, contraband, criminal, crooked, dirty*, felonious, furtive, guilty, heavy*, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, improper, lawless, prohibited, racket, unauthorized, unlawful, wrong, wrongful, black-market, contrary to law, in violation of law, out of line, unlicensed |
| Notes: | elicit means to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses or to bring out or draw out, while illicit means contrary to or forbidden by law - unlawful literally, illegitimate is 'not lawful' and illicit is 'not allowed' a form of conduct will be illicit and a type of practice will be illegal |
| Antonyms: | blessed, good, legal, legitimate, licit, moral, noble, proper, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reprehensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad; shameful |
| Synonyms: | amiss, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, delinquent, disgraceful, errant, erring, guilty, ignoble, objectionable, opprobrious, remiss, sinful, unholy, unworthy, wicked, condemnable, demeritorious, discreditable |
| Antonyms: | creditable, good, kind, respectable |
| Main Entry: | shamefaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | embarrassed |
| Synonyms: | abashed, disgraced, guilty, humble, humiliated, regretful, shamed, sorry, chagrined, humbled, mortified |
| Main Entry: | sheepish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, embarrassed |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, diffident, docile, foolish, guilty, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, silly, tame, timid, timorous, uncomfortable, chagrined, mortified |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, unashamed, unembarrassed |
| Main Entry: | sinful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, criminal |
| Synonyms: | amiss, bad, base, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, corrupt, culpable, damnable, depraved, disgraceful, erring, evil, guilty, iniquitous, irreligious, low, reprehensible, reprobate, shameful, ungodly, unholy, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong, blameful, demeritorious, morally wrong, unregenerate, unrighteous |
| Antonyms: | honest, moral, righteous, upright |
| Main Entry: | blamable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameworthy |
| Synonyms: | censurable, culpable, guilty, responsible |
| Antonyms: | blameless, inculpable, innocent |
| Main Entry: | blameworthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deserving blame |
| Synonyms: | at fault, blamable, censurable, culpable, guilty, responsible, blameful |
| Antonyms: | blameless, inculpable, innocent |
| Main Entry: | censurable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blameworthy |
| Synonyms: | culpable, guilty, wrong |
| Main Entry: | implicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under suspicion |
| Synonyms: | guilty, involved, suspected, suspicious |
| Main Entry: | at fault |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deserving blame |
| Synonyms: | blameworthy, culpable, erring, guilty, in error, in the wrong, liable, on one's head, responsible, to blame, wrong |
| Main Entry: | punishable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | culpable |
| Synonyms: | blameworthy, criminal, guilty, responsible, condemned |
| Main Entry: | red-handed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caught in the act |
| Synonyms: | guilty, openly, blatantly, in a compromising position |
| Main Entry: | shamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgraced |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, embarrassed, guilty, humiliated, shamefaced, chagrined, mortified |
| Main Entry: | responsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accountable, in charge |
| Synonyms: | answerable, at fault, authoritative, bonded, bound, censurable, chargeable, culpable, engaged, executive, exposed, guilty, held, high, important, incumbent, liable, obligated, obliged, open, pledged, subject, tied, at the helm, bound to, carrying the load, compelled, constrained, contracted, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, fettered, hampered, in authority, in control, minding the store, on the hook, susceptive, sworn to, to blame, under contract, under obligation |
| Antonyms: | excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible |
| Main Entry: | unholy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sacrilegious |
| Synonyms: | base, corrupt, culpable, depraved, dishonest, evil, godless, guilty, heinous, immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious, irreverent, profane, sinful, ungodly, unhallowed, vile, wicked, blameful, irreverential, unsanctified |
| Antonyms: | godly, holy, pious, religious |
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