pants-shittingly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a manner, or to a degree, capable of causing one to soil oneself in fear; terrifyingly.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "I convinced myself with every passing peaceful moment that things were getting better, that the worst was over. In that, I was pants-shittingly wrong."
- "These guys literally tear into the house lurching toward the children with their arms maniacally in front of them — a pants-shittingly scary Night of the Living Dead reprisal that was not only hysterically antigovernment in its portrayal, but really not appropriate for any kind of movie marketed to children."
- "As a person who is absolutely terrified of snakes, I think I am perfectly positioned to comment on how terrifying king cobras are. The answer is pants-shittingly."
Etymology
From the phrase shit one's pants.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more pants-shittingly (comparative)
most pants-shittingly (superlative)