Pants-shittingly

adv, slang

adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner, or to a degree, capable of causing one to soil oneself in fear; terrifyingly. slang, vulgar

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From the phrase shit one's pants.

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