shit
6 synonyms and 0 antonyms for shit, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (vulgar) Solid waste passed from the body; feces.
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Less common
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How to use shit
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
piece of shit
give a shit
holy shit
Highly informal and considered crude in most professional or polite settings; widely used in casual speech regardless.
Etymology
From Old English sċite ("dung") and sċitte ("diarrhoea"), tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to split" or "separate." A doublet of the German-derived scheisse.
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