scared shitless

scared 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.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • scared shitless — [B] very frightened, scared, petrified, scared spitless    When I woke up and saw a figure standing beside my bed, I was scared shitless …   English idioms

  • scared shitless — extremely frightened. I was scared shitless when I first moved out here, but things still worked out fine in the end …   New idioms dictionary

  • scared shitless — Adj. Very frightened. See shitless …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • scared shitless — adjective very scared, terrified …   Wiktionary

  • be 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! …   New idioms dictionary

  • be scared shitless — ► be scared shitless vulgar slang be extremely frightened. Main Entry: ↑shit …   English terms dictionary

  • scared — (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 …   Etymology dictionary

  • be scared shitless — vulgar slang be extremely frightened. → shitless …   English new terms dictionary

  • shitless — [[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] …   English dictionary

  • shitless — Adj. Very frightened. Usually preceded by the word bored or scared. See scared shitless and bore shitless …   English slang and colloquialisms

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