guilty

  • (a) responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
    • guilty of murder
    • the guilty person
    • secret guilty deeds
  • (s) showing a sense of guilt
    • a guilty look
    • "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
    hangdog, shamed, shamefaced,

Synonyms

hangdog shamed shamefaced

Antonyms

clean-handed guiltless innocent

See also

inculpative inculpatory unrighteous

Words of close approximity

guild guile guilt
guilty conscience