a guilty conscience
51conscience makes cowards of us all — Quot. 1912 is a humorous perversion of the proverb. Cf. 1594 SHAKESPEARE Richard III I. iv. 133 Where’s thy conscience now? I’ll not meddle with it it makes a man a coward. 1600–1 SHAKESPEARE Hamlet III. i. 83 Conscience does make cowards of us… …
52guilty — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Convicted] Syn. found guilty, guilty as charged, condemned, sentenced, criminal, censured, impeached, incriminated, indicted, liable, condemned, proscribed, having violated law, weighed and found wanting, judged, damned …
53guilty — adjective 1) the guilty party Syn: culpable, to blame, at fault, in the wrong, blameworthy, responsible; erring, errant, delinquent, offending, sinful, criminal; archaic peccant Ant: innocent 2) …
54guilty — adjective 1) the guilty party Syn: culpable, to blame, at fault, in the wrong 2) I still feel guilty about it Syn: ashamed, guilt ridden, conscience stricken, remorseful, sorry, contrite …
55conscience — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See probity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. moral sense, inner voice, the still small voice*; see duty 1 , morals , shame 2 . • have on one s conscience, Syn. be culpable, be blamable for, be responsible… …
56conscience-stricken — adjective the conscience stricken teens who set fire to the gazebo Syn: guilt ridden, remorseful, ashamed, shamefaced, apologetic, sorry; chastened, contrite, guilty, regretful, rueful, repentant, penitent, abashed, sheepish, compunctious Ant …
57guilty — adj 1. culpable, criminal, unlawful, illegal, illicit, illegitimate, lawless; reprehensible, condemna ble, reproachable, blameworthy, blamable, at fault, censurable; felonious, wrong, amiss, penitentiary, transgressive; condemned, convicted,… …
58guilty — Synonyms and related words: accountable, amiss, answerable, apologetic, arraignable, ashamed, at fault, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, conscience stricken, contrite, criminal, culpable, delinquent, embarrassed, faulty, impeachable,… …
59conscience-stricken — UK / US adjective feeling guilty about something wrong you have done …
60Cas de conscience — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cas de conscience est un film de Walter Kapps Cas de conscience (Crisis) est un film américain réalisé par Richard Brooks en 1950 Cas de conscience… …
