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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

दोषी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: doshī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Guilty/ˈɡɪl.ti/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसे चोरी का दोषी पाया गया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having committed an offense or crime.

    "After the trial, the jury found him guilty of theft."
  2. 2

    Feeling responsible for a wrongdoing or offense.

    "She felt guilty for not attending her friend's wedding."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'gyltig', meaning 'deserving of a fine or penalty, culpable', stemming from 'gylt' (crime, guilt, sin). Over time, the semantic scope broadened from legal culpability to encompass the psychological emotional state of remorse.

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