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give someone the shits en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (Australia, colloquial, vulgar) To annoy or frustrate someone to a great degree.
   • “You know the Aussies are shit and they give me the shits. My taxi, when they come, I say, fuck you. I never let them in. You Indians are good people. Are you here for business or for pleasure?″ 2008, Arunesh Choubey, The Migrant, India, →ISBN, page 17:
   • When I questioned if she was OK, she said, “Yeah I'm fine now Miss. This chick has been giving me the shits for ages so I put her head inside a clothes dryer. It's fine now.” 2011, Bronnie Ware, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing, page 194:
   • Women who are too damn sensitive give me the shits. Every single damn thing that comes out of your mouth is wrong. You can't say a damn thing without getting into an argument. 2008, R. Smart, Sinners Have a Soul Too, page 488:
   • ‘You give me the shits,’ I stammered, sick with anger. ‘You give me the shits.’ 1977, Helen Garner, Monkey Grip, ReadHowYouWant, published 2011, page 222:
   • Can you stop sending me text messages at two in the morning? You're giving me the shits!
2. (vulgar) To creep someone out; to scare someone.
   • Can you stop perching on the cliff ledge? You're giving me the shits!
   • This feeling of being the last man on earth is giving me the shits. 1996, Peter Rimmer, Cry of the Fish Eagle, page 16:
   • Yet Amos knew Varney stirred strange sensations inside most people, something that would grab an ordinary man by the gut and gave him the shits. 2011, Denise A. Agnew, Before the Dawn, page 47:
   • He saw the driver shut off the power, and stare upwards in horror, and that really gave him the shits[…] 2008, Philip Packham, Thompson (with a 'p'), page 216:
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: cause diarrhea.
   • Can you stop ignoring the health code requirements for commercial kitchens? You're giving everyone the shits!

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give someone shit

Synonyms

ruffle someone's feathers · acerbate · tee off · scare the shit out of · botherate · get someone's nanny · rub someone the wrong way · burn up · pique · creep someone out · scare the bejeebers out of · rub up the wrong way · storm · piss off · irk · jazz · nettle · burn someone's ass · make someone's blood run cold · sting · boil someone's piss · scare · mortify · get on someone's nerves · spook · appall · get someone's Irish up · test someone's patience · hassle · get · disgruntle · fray · persecute · chap someone's hide · get up · annoy · cheese off · get on someone's tits · ruffle · put someone's back up · wind up · devil · affright · vex · harsh one's mellow · petrify · grind one's gears · get someone's nanny-goat · aggravate · peeve · get on someone's wick · grotch · Idioms: · boil someone's piss · exasperate · give someone the heebie-jeebies · get under one's goat · try one's patience · get someone's dander up · raise someone's hackles · harrow · roil · bother · get someone's back up · alarm · tick off · grill · molest · mommick · irritate · horrify · grate · dismay · scare the shit out of · bedevil · nark · get under someone's skin · trouble · antagonize · give someone the shits · rile · scare straight · rile up · scare the hell out of · nerve · rankle · torque off · provoke · frighten · give someone the shits · frustrate · scare the pants off of · terrify · peeve off · pee off · bug · terrorize · hack off · get someone's goat · piss off

Translations (27)

fr les briser menues (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · pt causar arrepios (vulgar: to frighten someone) · fr emmerder (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · fr courir sur le haricot (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · fr enquiquiner (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · cmn 嚇死 /吓死 (vulgar: to frighten someone) · fr casser les couilles (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · pl wkurwić (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · fr agacer (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · fr faire peur (vulgar: to frighten someone) · fr effrayer (vulgar: to frighten someone) · ru напуга́ть до усра́чки (vulgar: to frighten someone) · pl przestraszyć (vulgar: to frighten someone) · fr faire chier (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · fr foutre les jetons (vulgar: to frighten someone) · fr flanquer les miquettes (vulgar: to frighten someone) · pl wkurwiać (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · fi säikäyttää paskat jonkun housuihin (vulgar: to frighten someone) · pt irritar (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · pt chatear (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · cmn 讓……毛骨悚然 /让……毛骨悚然 (vulgar: to frighten someone) · ru заеба́ть (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · cmn 氣死 /气死 (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · pt dar arrepios (vulgar: to frighten someone) · pl przestraszać (vulgar: to frighten someone) · fi vituttaa (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely) · ru заёбывать (vulgar: to annoy someone intensely)