plural wusses also wussies
Definition of wuss
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
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The first known use of wuss was in 1976
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