guiltier

Feeling increased remorse

Guiltier is the comparative form of guilty—more responsible for wrongdoing or more burdened by remorse.

Of the two suspects, he seemed guiltier.

I felt even guiltier after she forgave me.

remorseful

regretful

Feeling sorrow over actions

ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
contriteFeeling guilt over misdeeds
penitentOne showing remorse

apologetic · sorry · repentant · conscience-stricken · rueful · sheepish · chastened · heavy-hearted · troubled · tormented

culpable

blameworthy

Deserving of censure

liableLegally responsible for something
responsibleObligated to answer for actions
accountableObligated to explain oneself

at-fault · indicted · incriminated · convicted · implicated · accused · charged · condemned · reprehensible · answerable

burdened

weighted

Made intentionally heavier

heavyOf great mass
troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
plaguedPersistently afflicted

tormented · beset · afflicted · oppressed · anxious · uneasy · sleepless · haunted · eaten up · suffering

complicit

accomplice

Crime's willing helper

accessorySupplementary addition
coconspiratorJoint schemer
abettingHelping commit wrongdoing

collusion · connivance · enabling · implicated · involved · participating · colluding · conspiring · aiding · covering up

Opposites

degree of culpability

guiltiercleaner

Agent that removes dirt

Family

guiltily, guilting, guiltiness, guiltiest

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