variants
or less commonly wussy
plural wusses also wussies
informal
: a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person : wimp
Don't be such a wuss.
acted like a total wuss
I am not a wuss; I refuse to be undone by fear.—Joline Godfrey
I'm a wuss when it comes to pain. I did not wish to lose body parts.—Chuck Gallagher
You don't like turtlenecks? You say they're too tight? What are you, some wussy?—Frank Cammuso and Hart Seely
… it can be galling to watch grown men pretend to be hurt. It's one thing to embellish a penalty, and another to act as though you are in pain when you are not. Maybe there are places where toughness is not a virtue and lying is not a vice, but, wherever you are, being a wuss is being a wuss.—Nick Paumgarten
wussy
adjective
wussier; wussiest
Nation building was for wussy foreign-policy sociologists; the military's job was to "fight and win" wars.
—Joe Klein
It's pretty much hard rock, with a couple wussy songs.
—Rob Sheffield
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“Wuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wuss. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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