Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A person regarded as weak or timid and especially as unmanly: "Cats are for wusses, dog men say” ( Laura Blumenfeld).
Wiktionary
- n. slang A weak or ineffectual person.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
Etymologies
- 1982, from earlier wussy (circa 1960), probably a blend of wimp and pussy. (Wiktionary)
- Probably blend of wimp and pussy1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Calling John Murtha a wuss is ‘way off the reservation, and Murtha will (I trust) stick John MaCain back in the prison cell of failed ideas.”
Think Progress » More McCain Attacks: Murtha ‘Sentimental,’ ‘Never Been a Big Thinker’
“He can't stand up to Cheney himself, so Pfeiffer has to step in .... wuss.”
“I think you are misjudging the public. the only folks that are seeing Obama as a wuss are his present supporters, not the demographic he is reaching for.”
“I'm a big wuss, which is why I haven't been reading him.”
“I also found it very comfortable, thought it handled well, was sensibly geared, and was even light enough for the average "wuss" to carry up and down a few flights of stairs.”
“It didn't to the friends with whom I watched, who took everything calmly, calling me "wuss" and "wimp" for moaning so.”
David Finkle: You Think You're Hurting, Andy R. What About Me?
“I won't say the name, because in the context of the rest of this post I don't want people reading it and thinking I'm some kind of wuss or weirdo, but I'll just say this: the content is .. questionable, at best.”
“Oh, I must see her -- I must see her!' cries she, a-shakin 'wuss'n ever, so that I was afeard she'd fall off”
“An 'den she gits drunk, an' wuss'n dat, she lays vi'lent han's on me.”
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays
“Christopher ain't a babby no more; but it seems that don't keep a man from bein 'wuss'n a fool.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wuss’.
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MiaLuthien's list ♥
gambit, prehensile, coquetry, impunity, genuflect, ensconce, clavicle, delude, beget, castigate, life caching, convoluted and 478 more...
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It's a Man's World
Help me get to the bottom of this
pussy, bitchslap, dildo, twat, bimbo, the man, cunt, douchebag, cocksucker, the nuts, the balls, bitch and 20 more...
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words i hate
widget, catalyst, eloquent, itinerary, culinary, pervert, persistence, perspective, sledgehammer, dating, deity, dough and 13 more...
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Coward!
caitiff, craven, cur, dastard, funk, malingerer, poltroon, recreant, Scaramouch, invertebrate, jellyfish, fraidy cat and 53 more...
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Name calling is never very nice . . .
Sometimes putting two of these together works too!
hipster, whiner, hypocrite, disingenuous, scumbag, repugnant, fugly, dork, retard, jerk, hillbilly, fairy and 41 more...
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Selected words from the Queen's English
British words/phrases/slang I love using in everyday conversation.
yob, wotcher, wotsit, arse, balls-up, barmy, bint, bloke, blimey, bobby, bollocks, brolly and 78 more...
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shebadevaraj's Words
labyrinth, mettle, tranquil, invincible, pinnacle, emancipation, premonition, tornado, bamboozle, melancholy, flabbergast, honest and 6 more...
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