shitless
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈʃɪtləs/
- Offensive
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- 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
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8.1
Very much, for example when someone is scared or bored
Idioms
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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'.