insides

American  

[in-sahydz] / ˈɪnˌsaɪdz /

plural noun

1. Sometimes inside the inner parts of the body, especially the stomach and intestines.

   The coffee scalded my insides.

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noun

1. the plural of inside.

Etymology

Origin of insides

First recorded in 1500–10; inside ( def. ) + -s ³ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“I had all these books around me that had the insides of bodies,” she recalled, “so there was a fascination with the inside.”

From Los Angeles Times

Security cameras pointed to the insides of the walls rather than the outside.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We try and make the insides nice and liveable and colourful and exciting, but everything else is awful," says Laura.

From BBC

"Hunger is not something you can ignore or put out of your mind, it gnaws at your insides with increasing intensity," she continued, adding that hunger is particularly disruptive for children.

From BBC

“Give that to me,” I demand, my voice and my insides shaking.

From Literature

Related Words

• belly
• entrails
• innards