adj
Meaning 1
Bad; awful; shit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, vulgar
Examples
- That was a shite film.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shite
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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shīt
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/ʃaɪt/
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rhymes with -aɪt
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intj
Meaning 2
An expression of annoyance or dismay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, vulgar
Examples
- Shite! I left my wallet at home.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually, vulgar
Examples
- That’s a load of shite.
- Look at all this shite.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A foolish or deceitful person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, uncommon, usually, vulgar
Examples
- He's a useless shite.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To defecate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Scotland, UK, vulgar
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
obscene terms for feces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crap, dirt, shit, poop, turd
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection
History
Etymology
From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.
From Middle English schiten, from Old English sċītan (“to defecate, shit”), from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną (“to defecate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyt- (“to vomit, retch, shit”, literally “to shed”). Cognate with Dutch schijten (“to shit”), German scheißen (“to shit”), Swedish skita (“to shit”), Irish sceith, sgeith (“act of spewing, vomiting, shedding”), Albanian shqit (“to tear, separate”).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: à chier — bad, shit
- German: scheiße — bad, shit
- Korean: 개털 (gaeteol) — bad, shit
- Polish: cholerny — bad, shit
- French: merde — expression of annoyance or dismay
- German: Scheiße — expression of annoyance or dismay
- Greek: σκατά (skatá) — expression of annoyance or dismay
- Polish: cholera — expression of annoyance or dismay
- Russian: блядь (bljadʹ) — expression of annoyance or dismay
- French: merde — shit
- German: Scheiße — shit
- Polish: gówno — shit
- French: conneries — trash; rubbish; nonsense
- German: Scheiß — trash; rubbish; nonsense
- Korean: 개털 (gaeteol) — trash; rubbish; nonsense
- Polish: szajs — trash; rubbish; nonsense
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