guilty
adjective
having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable.
guiltier
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comparativeof guilty.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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This would make any nurse look guiltier with each job change.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2023
She wrote that his “fictionalized version of me is just the tabloid conspiracy guiltier version of me.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
They feel guilty for watching, but guiltier for not watching.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2019
A guiltier story — one shamed by bodies and temptation — might say that what Fleabag is wrestling with is a built-in moral pain, a form of original sin.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2019
I even looked in their bedroom, feeling guiltier than ever, but there was only the usual furniture and some pictures on the walls.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
