Meanings
plural shitheads · alternative shathead · alternative shitehead · alternative s**thead · alternative shith**d
- countablederogatoryoffensiveslangvulgarA stupid or contemptible person.
Unfortunately Todd is a dummy, but what's worse is that Harvey is a shithead.
2 more examples
He goes, The world is full of shitheads, Rhea. Don't listen to them—listen to me. And I know that Lou is one of those shitheads. But I listen.
2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon SquadSuck my spinning steel, shithead!
1987, Bad Taste, spoken by DerekSynonyms: shitbag, shit stain, assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface
- uncountablevulgarcard gamesA card game, the aim of which is to lose one's cards.
- countableslangvulgarA person who uses the drug cannabis.
Reynolds tensed his jaw, “we have a lot less shitheads in the LoC than they do over here. You wanna know why? Cuz it's all legal. We got farmers growin' marijuana. Poppies. Coca. Instead of shitheads we got cokeheads and dope heads. […]
2019, Thomas Harper, Incarnate: Essence, page 310
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA stupid or contemptible person.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From shit + head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 腦殘 /脑残, 傻屄
- 腦殘 /脑残 (nǎocán)stupid or contemptible person
- 傻屄 (shǎbī)stupid or contemptible person
Danish skiderik
- skiderikstupid or contemptible person
Esperanto fekulo
- fekulostupid or contemptible person
Finnish paskapää, paskiainen
- paskapäästupid or contemptible person
- paskiainenstupid or contemptible person
- china handcard game
French enfoiré, enculé
- enfoiréstupid or contemptible person
- enculéstupid or contemptible person
- merdeuxstupid or contemptible person
- kilo de merdecard game
- paquet de merdecard game
- tas de merdecard game
German Scheißkopf, Arschloch
- Scheißkopfstupid or contemptible person
- Arschlochstupid or contemptible person
- Arschstupid or contemptible person
- Scheißkerlstupid or contemptible person
- Scheißerstupid or contemptible person
- Arschlöcheln (Switzterland)card game
Indonesian bedebah, brengsek
- bedebahstupid or contemptible person
- brengsekstupid or contemptible person
- keparatstupid or contemptible person
Italian testa di merda, testa di cazzo
- testa di merdastupid or contemptible person
- testa di cazzostupid or contemptible person
Japanese 糞垂れ
- 糞垂れ (kusotare, kusottare)stupid or contemptible person
Polish gówniarz, gówniara
- gówniarzstupid or contemptible person
- gówniarastupid or contemptible person
Portuguese cabeça de merda
- cabeça de merdastupid or contemptible person
Romanian căcănar, căcat cu ochi
- căcănarstupid or contemptible person
- căcat cu ochistupid or contemptible person
- handicapatstupid or contemptible person
Russian говню́к, хуйло́
- говню́к (govnjúk)stupid or contemptible person
- хуйло́ (xujló)stupid or contemptible person
- муда́к (mudák)stupid or contemptible person
- уёбок (ujóbok)stupid or contemptible person
- уёбище (ujóbišče)stupid or contemptible person
- долбоёб (dolbojób)stupid or contemptible person
Spanish cagón, cabeza de mierda
- cagónstupid or contemptible person
- cabeza de mierdastupid or contemptible person
Swedish skitskalle, vändtia
- skitskallestupid or contemptible person
- vändtiacard game
Cite this entry
shithead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shithead
“shithead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shithead. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shithead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shithead.
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