shitlessadv.

Brit.

/ˈʃɪtlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈʃɪtlᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shit n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < shit n. + -less suffix, in allusion to the loss of bowel control that can accompany extreme fright.

coarse slang.

To an extreme extent (esp. of mental states). Usually in phrase scared shitless.

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the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > very fearful

black afraid1894

shitless1924

shit-scared1944

poop-scared1972

witless1975

1924 G. Stragnell in Psychoanalytic Rev. 11 320 Vulgar figures of speech often embody truths expressed with dynamic accuracy... ‘I knocked the shit out of him.’ ‘I will scare him shitless.’

1936 L. Durrell Let. in Spirit of Place (1969) 42 We're scared shitless because if there's any place Benito wants more than Ethiopia it's Corfu.

1937 J. T. Farrell Can all this Grandeur Perish 216 Bellows was jus' about scared shitless.

1957 W. S. Burroughs Let. 28 Jan. (1993) 352 But they got this Union, it's not healthy to buck them and The Minaret is scared shitless to run an editorial on these foul abuses.

1964 L. Auchincloss Rector of Justin x. 158 You're scared shitless this little affair will do you out of old Tanager's dough, aren't you?

1971 B. Malamud Tenants 62 On my first solo gig I was..beaten shitless, and dumped in jail.

1976 New Musical Express 12 Feb. 24/1 The self-appointed custodians of public morality who campaign against pornography because they're simply scared shitless by it.

1979 Easyriders Dec. 6 He would be tickled shitless.

1991 D. Simon Homicide (1993) 340 What else are you gonna do with yourself? You'd be bored shitless.

1996 D. Greenwalt in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Script Bk. (2000) 1st Season I. 201 (stage direct.) Everyone except Buffy (in hot dress, out of breath) is scared shitless, giving the monster a wide berth.

2002 G. P. Pelecanos Cleaning Up (TV shooting script) 38 in Wire (O.E.D. Archive) Whatever you're doing, you scared my boss shitless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shitless
释义	shitlessadv. Brit. /ˈʃɪtlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈʃɪtlᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shit n., -less suffix. Etymology: < shit n. + -less suffix, in allusion to the loss of bowel control that can accompany extreme fright. coarse slang. To an extreme extent (esp. of mental states). Usually in phrase scared shitless. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] > very fearful black afraid1894 shitless1924 shit-scared1944 poop-scared1972 witless1975 1924 G. Stragnell in Psychoanalytic Rev. 11 320 Vulgar figures of speech often embody truths expressed with dynamic accuracy... ‘I knocked the shit out of him.’ ‘I will scare him shitless.’ 1936 L. Durrell Let. in Spirit of Place (1969) 42 We're scared shitless because if there's any place Benito wants more than Ethiopia it's Corfu. 1937 J. T. Farrell Can all this Grandeur Perish 216 Bellows was jus' about scared shitless. 1957 W. S. Burroughs Let. 28 Jan. (1993) 352 But they got this Union, it's not healthy to buck them and The Minaret is scared shitless to run an editorial on these foul abuses. 1964 L. Auchincloss Rector of Justin x. 158 You're scared shitless this little affair will do you out of old Tanager's dough, aren't you? 1971 B. Malamud Tenants 62 On my first solo gig I was..beaten shitless, and dumped in jail. 1976 New Musical Express 12 Feb. 24/1 The self-appointed custodians of public morality who campaign against pornography because they're simply scared shitless by it. 1979 Easyriders Dec. 6 He would be tickled shitless. 1991 D. Simon Homicide (1993) 340 What else are you gonna do with yourself? You'd be bored shitless. 1996 D. Greenwalt in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Script Bk. (2000) 1st Season I. 201 (stage direct.) Everyone except Buffy (in hot dress, out of breath) is scared shitless, giving the monster a wide berth. 2002 G. P. Pelecanos Cleaning Up (TV shooting script) 38 in Wire (O.E.D. Archive) Whatever you're doing, you scared my boss shitless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1924
随便看	to lay under necessity, obligation, difficulty, a command to lay under the ditch to lay up to lay up in lavender to lay up one's heels to lay up one's talent in a napkin to lay upon the lee to make stick to make stop of to make store of to make strange to make strange at to mellow out of to melt away to melt down to melt in to melt in tears to melt in the mouth to melt into tears to melt one's grease to melt to tears to melt up to mend to mend a pen to mend a person's cheer