a guilty conscience
31conscience — 01. My [conscience] would never allow me to sell my car without telling the buyer that it has major mechanical problems. 02. The man who sold you this house obviously has no [conscience]; it is really in bad shape. 03. Fonya had a guilty… …
32guilty — 01. The jury took only 3 hours to reach a [guilty] verdict in the murder case. 02. The child s mother was filled with [guilt] after her son burned himself trying to get something off the stove. 03. The little boy had a [guilty] look on his face… …
33guilty*/*/ — [ˈgɪlti] adj 1) ashamed and sorry because you have done something wrong a guilty look/expression[/ex] It was a clear sign that he had a guilty conscience (= a feeling that he had done something wrong).[/ex] You shouldn t feel guilty all the time… …
34guilty — guiltily, adv. guiltiness, n. /gil tee/, adj., guiltier, guiltiest. 1. having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp. against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her… …
35guilty — guilt•y [[t]ˈgɪl ti[/t]] adj. guilt•i•er, guilt•i•est 1) having committed an offense, crime, or wrong, esp. against moral or penal law; culpable: to be found guilty of murder[/ex] 2) characterized by, connected with, or involving guilt: guilty… …
36guilty — /ˈgɪlti/ (say giltee) adjective (guiltier, guiltiest) 1. having incurred guilt or grave culpability, as by committing an offence or crime. 2. Law legally responsible for a criminal offence: guilty of murder. 3. characterised by, connected with,… …
37guilty — adj. (guiltier, guiltiest) 1 culpable of or responsible for a wrong. 2 conscious of or affected by guilt (a guilty conscience; a guilty look). 3 concerning guilt (a guilty secret). 4 a (often foll. by of) having committed a (specified) offence. b …
38conscience — see a clean conscience is a good pillow conscience makes cowards of us all a guilty conscience needs no accuser …
39guilty — adjective (guiltier, guiltiest) 1》 (often guilty of) culpable of a specified wrongdoing. ↘justly chargeable with a particular fault or error. 2》 having or showing a feeling of guilt: a guilty conscience. Derivatives guiltily adverb guiltiness …
40guilty — see a guilty conscience needs no accuser …
