shitless

scared shitless

(rude)

extremely frightened I was scared shitless when I first moved out here, but things still worked out fine in the end.

(British, American & Australian taboo) also be scared shit (American taboo)

to be very frightened I was woken by the sound of someone moving around downstairs - I was scared shitless!

mod. very frightened. (Potentially offensive. Use caution with shit.) He wasn’t just frightened. He was scared shitless!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ilar	-	Welsh
Archdale	['a:tʃdeil]
Cherrie	['tʃeri]
Alexios	-	Ancient Greek
Bakewell	['beikwəl]
BlaŽ	-	Slovene, Croatian