adjective
- superlative form of guilty; most responsible for wrongdoing or most feeling shame about wrongdoing
Usage: superlative form
Examples
- Of all the suspects, he looked the guiltiest when questioned.
- She felt guiltiest about forgetting her mother’s birthday.
- The guiltiest party in the scandal finally confessed.
- Among the children, Tom appeared guiltiest after the vase broke.
- The defendant’s lawyer argued that his client was the least guilty, not the guiltiest.
- Her guiltiest secret was that she had never read the book everyone praised.