scare the shit out of
scare the shit out of verb: to make someone scared shitless.
Verb
scare the shit out of (third-person singular simple present scares the shit out of, present participle scaring the shit out of, simple past and past participle scared the shit out of)
- To make someone scared shitless.
- That scared the shit out of me!
- And he says, ‘we'll call you back soon, real soon, so get your ducks in a row’ and that scares the shit out of the corporate muckity-mucks.1991, Winn Schwartau, Terminal Compromise
- Synonyms:
- give someone the shits, scare the hell out of, alarm, affright, appall, dismay, fray, frighten, grill, harrow
Synonyms of scare the shit out of
- give someone the shits
- scare the hell out of
- alarm
- affright
- appall
- dismay
- frighten
- harrow
- horrify
- make someone's blood run cold
11 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- mortify
- petrify
- scare
- scare straight
- scare the bejeebers out of
- scare the pants off of
- terrorize
- terrify
- spook
- fray
- grill
Forms of scare the shit out of
| third-person singular present | scares the shit out of |
|---|---|
| present participle | scaring the shit out of |
| past participle | scared the shit out of |
| past | scared the shit out of |
Questions about scare the shit out of
- What does scare the shit out of mean?
- Scare the shit out of means to make someone scared shitless.
- What part of speech is scare the shit out of?
- Scare the shit out of is a verb.
- What is the past tense of scare the shit out of?
- The past tense of scare the shit out of is scared the shit out of.
Words near scare the shit out of in the dictionary
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