noun

shite

shyt

noun

(vulgar, chiefly British/Irish) Nonsense, trash, or rubbish.

"That excuse is a load of shite."

adj

(vulgar) Bad or terrible.

"The service at that restaurant was shite."

How to Use Shite

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA British and Irish variant of "shit," used the same crude way.

UK vs US

Common in British and Irish slang; rarely used in American English, where "shit" is preferred.

Easily confused with

shit →

Word Forms

shiter comparative, more shite comparative, shit past tense, shited past tense, shat past tense, shitten past tense, shites plural, shites singular, shitest superlative, most shite superlative

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Etymology

From Middle English shite/schite, a variant closely related to shit, both descending from Old English words for excrement.

Rhymes for shite

rite bite lite kite cite mite site Vite white write trite smite

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