a guilty conscience

  • 21conscience — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean (esp. AmE), clear, easy, good ▪ How can you do your job with a clean conscience? ▪ I have a clear conscience. ▪ …

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  • 22guilty — guilt|y [ gılti ] adjective *** 1. ) ashamed and sorry because you have done something wrong: You shouldn t feel guilty all the time you ve done nothing to be ashamed of. guilty about: I still feel guilty about things I said to my mother when I… …

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  • 23guilty — adj. 1 feeling/showing guilt VERBS ▪ feel, look ADVERB ▪ extremely, really, very ▪ horribly, incredibly …

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  • 24guilty — [[t]gɪ̱lti[/t]] ♦♦♦ guiltier, guiltiest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ about n 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… …

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  • 25Guilty Simpson — Byron Simpson, a.k.a. Guilty Simpson is a rapper from Detroit, Michigan. His stage name is an allusion to the O.J. Simpson murder case. He is signed to Stones Throw Records. He is also known for being a favorite of the late producer J Dilla. [… …

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  • 26guilty — / gIlti/ adjective guiltier, guiltiest 1 ASHAMED feeling very ashamed and sad because you have done something that you know is wrong (+ about): I feel really guilty about forgetting her birthday again. | guilty conscience: My guilty conscience… …

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  • 27conscience */*/ — UK [ˈkɒnʃ(ə)ns] / US [ˈkɑnʃəns] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms conscience : singular conscience plural consciences a) the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something you are doing is right or wrong Each person must vote… …

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  • 28conscience — [ˈkɒnʃ(ə)ns] noun [C/U] the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something that you are doing is right or wrong The decision must be a matter of individual conscience.[/ex] Maybe he has a guilty conscience (= a bad feeling because he …

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  • 29guilty — guilt|y W3S2 [ˈgılti] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ashamed)¦ 2¦(of a crime)¦ 3 4 the guilty party ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(ASHAMED)¦ feeling very ashamed and sad because you know that you have done something wrong guilty about/at ▪ I feel really guilty at forgetting her… …

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  • 30conscience — n. 1 a moral sense of right and wrong esp. as felt by a person and affecting behaviour (my conscience won t allow me to do that). 2 an inner feeling as to the goodness or otherwise of one s behaviour (my conscience is clear; has a guilty… …

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