a guilty conscience
41conscience — [kän′shəns] n. [OFr < L conscientia, consciousness, moral sense < prp. of conscire < com , with + scire, to know (see SCIENCE): replacing ME inwit, knowledge within] 1. a knowledge or sense of right and wrong, with an urge to do right;… …
42guilty — (adj.) O.E. gyltig, from gylt (see GUILT (Cf. guilt) (n.)). Of conscience, feelings, etc., 1590s. Meaning person who is guilty is from 1540s …
43conscience-stricken — conscience .stricken adj feeling very guilty about something that you have done wrong ▪ Kate hurried home, conscience stricken at leaving her mother alone …
44guilty — [adj] blameworthy; found at fault accusable, caught, censurable, censured, chargeable, condemned, conscience stricken, contrite, convictable, convicted, criminal, culpable, damned, delinquent, depraved, doomed, erring, evil, felonious, hangdog*,… …
45conscience-stricken — conscience ,stricken adjective feeling guilty about something wrong you have done …
46conscience-stricken — [kän′shənsstrik΄ən] adj. feeling guilty or remorseful because of having done some wrong …
47have a guilty conscience — feel guilt, feel self reproach, feel regret or remorse …
48conscience-stricken — adj ashamed, sorry, contrite, guilt ridden, guilty, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, disturbed, troubled FORMAL compunctious COLLOQ. on a guilt trip ≠ unashamed, unrepentant * * * adj : feeling very bad or guilty because of something… …
49conscience-smitten — adjective affected by conscience • Similar to: ↑guilty * * * conˈscience smitten or conˈscience stricken adjective Stung by conscience, feeling guilty • • • Main Entry: ↑conscience …
50conscience — conscienceless, adj. consciencelessly, adv. consciencelessness, n. /kon sheuhns/, n. 1. the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one s conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience. 2. the complex …
