Synonyms for wuss
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : woo s |
| Phonetic Transcription : wÊŠs |
Top 10 synonyms for wuss Other synonyms for the word wuss
- a bundle of nerves
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- cream puff
- cry-baby
- daisy
- dastard
- deserter
- faultfinder
- featherweight
- fraidy cat
- fraidy-cat
- griper
- grumbler
- jellyfish
- lily liver
- loser
- milksop
- moaner
- momma's boy
- namby-pamby
- nebbish
- nervous wreck
- pansy
- pantywaist
- poltroon
- puppy
- pushover
- quitter
- recreant
- scaredy cat
- scaredy-cat
- schlemiel
- sissy
- softy
- weakling
- wheyface
- wimp
- worrier
- worrywart
- wuss
- wussy
- yellow
- yellow belly
Définition of wuss
Origin :- 1982, abbreviated from wussy.
- Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy ["Fast Times at Ridgemont High" script, 1982]
- As in milksop : noun coward
- As in namby-pamby : noun pansy
- As in pantywaist : noun sissy
- As in sissy : noun weakling
- As in wimp : noun weakling
- As in nervous Nellie : noun very nervous person
- As in craven : noun timid person
- As in crybaby : noun malcontent
- "Wuss," he said as she entered, sitting up and treating her to a broad wink.
- Extract from : « Indian and Scout » by F. S. Brereton
- "Wuss nor rheumatiz," said the boy, as he threw away the cigar stub and drew some cider in a broken tea cup.
- Extract from : « Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa » by George W. Peck
- "Wuss dan a strain," said Gravity, looking ruefully down at the limb and rubbing it with one hand.
- Extract from : « Wyoming » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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