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.