different between guilty vs atrocious

English

Etymology

From Middle English gilty, gulty, from Old English gylti? (“offending, guilty”); equivalent to guilt +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???l.ti/
• Rhymes: -?lti

Adjective

guilty (comparative guiltier, superlative guiltiest)

1. Responsible for a dishonest act.

2. (law) Judged to have committed a crime.

3. Having a sense of guilt.
4. Blameworthy.

   • At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor.

Synonyms

• culpable
• shildy (dialectal)

Antonyms

• not guilty
• innocent

Related terms

• guilty as sin

Translations

Noun

guilty (plural guilties)

1. (law) A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
2. (law) A verdict of a judge or jury on a defendant judged to have committed a crime.
3. One who is declared guilty of a crime.

English

Etymology

From Latin atr?x (“cruel, fierce, frightful”) +? -ious.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-tr??-sh?s
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??t?????s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t?o???s/
• Rhymes: -????s
• Hyphenation: a?tro?cious

Adjective

atrocious (comparative more atrocious, superlative most atrocious)

1. Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

2. Offensive or heinous.
3. Very bad; abominable, disgusting.

Derived terms

• atrociously
• atrociousness
• vomitrocious

Related terms

• atrocity

Translations