shitless
- adjective
- /ˈʃɪtləs/
- Offensive
- When I heard the loud crash, I was scared shitless.
- scared shitless
- bored shitless
- scare everyone shitless
And they were scared shitless, right?
- And they were scared shitless, right?
- Yeah, sorry audio listeners, I was absolutely bored shitless so I yawned straight at Max's face.
- I said to tell you the truth mate, I'm fucking bored shitless.
- And, and I remember saying I was like, am I the only one that's scared shitless to do this right now?
- You know, we talked about like feeling broken up with, scared shitless, RIP cords out.
- I don't know what ruling the administrators have, but they do they there's something that they do that you are scared shitless.
Examples
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I'm scared shitless!
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And for the first time in his life, Frank Sullivan is scared shitless.
Fiction book (2000) -
Like I was scared shitless of my friend's dad.
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And they were scared shitless, right?
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Because I am scared shitless of women.
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I probably should be scared shitless, but it's just too much fun for fear to show up.
Blog text (9) -
Yeah, we know, and we're scared shitless.
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Hey, considering I was scared shitless a lot of the time, I did pretty well!
Fiction book (1991) -
Everyone's scared shitless and nobody has the slightest idea what to do next.
Fiction book (1996) -
Putin and Ahmadinejad are scared shitless, judging by their smiles and rhetoric.
Blog text (25)
Synonyms
Very much, for example when someone is scared or bored
Idioms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shitless joins the rude word shit with the ending -less, which means 'without', just like in penniless or hopeless, and it originally showed someone so scared they had nothing left. That's why people use shitless after verbs as a very strong, informal way to say 'completely'.