shitscape
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Meaning · English
An ugly or unpleasant landscape.
Register: slang, vulgar
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
The industrial shitscape of Los Angeles gave way to something even bleaker as I passed out of lonely Riverside into the wide-open range of horse stables and twisted trees and spinning giant wind turbines outside of Indio.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “shitscape” mean?
An ugly or unpleasant landscape.
Is “shitscape” formal or informal?
shitscape is generally slang, vulgar.