Guilty
Guilty adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
Usage example: she was burdened with a guilty conscience after stealing the newspaper from the newsstand
Sheepish is a synonym for guilty in ashamed topic. In some cases you can use "Sheepish" instead an adjective "Guilty", when it comes to topics like blameworthy.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- uncomfortable and guilty
- uncomfortable and sheepish
- sorry and guilty
- sorry and sheepish
- rueful and guilty
- rueful and sheepish
- regretful and guilty
- regretful and sheepish
- humiliated and guilty
- humiliated and sheepish
- embarrassed and guilty
- embarrassed and sheepish
- blushing and guilty
- blushing and sheepish
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Sheepish and Guilty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/guilty/sheepish
Guilty & Sheepish. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/guilty/sheepish>.
Sheepish or Guilty. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/guilty/sheepish.
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