to be scared shitless
1scared shitless — mod. very frightened. (Potentially offensive. Use caution with shit.) □ He wasn’t just frightened. He was scared shitless! □ He had to go to court and was scared shitless about it …
2scared shitless — [B] very frightened, scared, petrified, scared spitless When I woke up and saw a figure standing beside my bed, I was scared shitless …
3scared shitless — extremely frightened. I was scared shitless when I first moved out here, but things still worked out fine in the end …
4scared shitless — Adj. Very frightened. See shitless …
5scared shitless — adjective very scared, terrified …
6be scared shitless — British, American & Australian, taboo, American, taboo to be very frightened. I was woken by the sound of someone moving around downstairs I was scared shitless! …
7be scared shitless — ► be scared shitless vulgar slang be extremely frightened. Main Entry: ↑shit …
8scared — (adj.) pp. adjective from SCARE (Cf. scare) (v.). Scared stiff first recorded 1900; scared shitless is from 1936. Scaredy cat timid person first attested 1933, in Dorothy Parker …
9be scared shitless — vulgar slang be extremely frightened. → shitless …
10shitless — [[t]ʃɪ̱tləs[/t]] ADV: adj ADV (emphasis) If someone says that they are scared shitless or bored shitless, they are emphasizing that they are extremely scared or bored. [INFORMAL, RUDE] …
