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guilt

/ɡɪlt/

guiltnoun

guilts

Translations

вина

He felt a deep sense of guilt after lying to his friend.

Он почувствовал глубокое чувство вины после того, как солгал своему другу.

виновность

The jury found him not guilty, despite the evidence of his guilt.

Присяжные признали его невиновным, несмотря на доказательства его виновности.

Additional translations

угрызения совести

чувство вины

Definitions

The fact of having committed a specified or implied offense or crime.

The jury found him not guilty, so he was acquitted of all guilt.

A feeling of having done wrong or failed in an obligation.

She felt a deep sense of guilt after lying to her friend.

Synonyms

guiltverb

guilted

Past Simple

guilted

Past Participle

guilting

Gerund

/ɡɪlt/

Informal, chiefly North American; transitive: to make (someone) feel guilty.

Definitions

To make (someone) feel guilty, especially so as to persuade them to do something.

She guilted her brother into lending her the car.

Synonyms

guilt-trip

condemn

blame

induce guilt in

make someone feel guilty

culpabilize

shame

make feel guilty

guiltadjective

Used attributively before nouns in compounds like 'guilt feelings', functioning as an adjective.

Definitions

Relating to or characterized by guilt; pertaining to guilt.

His guilt feelings made him restless.