"\u2026 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 .",
"\u2014 Nick Paumgarten"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wu\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp"
],
"antonyms":[
"powerhouse"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Don't be such a wuss .",
"teased him for being a wuss when he failed the push-up test in gym class",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"My girlfriend, Rachel, who is not a food wuss like me, unhesitatingly and hopefully tried the stuff. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2021",
"While thinking of ways to be less of a wuss about cutting squashes, I was reminded of the life story of Peter Gordon, one of the top chefs and food writers in New Zealand. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2020",
"That simply wouldn\u2019t have happened in 2018\u2019s Republican Party, where Nixon probably would have been dismissed as a low-energy wuss . \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 4 Feb. 2018",
"Camp 1 includes those who lament the wuss -ification of the game. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 31 Aug. 2017",
"For you wusses who think otherwise, the Flip-n-Drip should be live on the site soon for $45. \u2014 Charlie Sorrel, WIRED , 31 Aug. 2009"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002745"
},
"wuss":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": 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.",
"\u2014 Joline Godfrey",
"I'm a wuss when it comes to pain. I did not wish to lose body parts.",
"\u2026 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 .",
"\u2014 Nick Paumgarten"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8wu\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp"
],
"antonyms":[
"powerhouse"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Don't be such a wuss .",
"teased him for being a wuss when he failed the push-up test in gym class",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
"My girlfriend, Rachel, who is not a food wuss like me, unhesitatingly and hopefully tried the stuff. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2021",
"While thinking of ways to be less of a wuss about cutting squashes, I was reminded of the life story of Peter Gordon, one of the top chefs and food writers in New Zealand. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2020",
"That simply wouldn\u2019t have happened in 2018\u2019s Republican Party, where Nixon probably would have been dismissed as a low-energy wuss . \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 4 Feb. 2018",
"Camp 1 includes those who lament the wuss -ification of the game. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 31 Aug. 2017",
"For you wusses who think otherwise, the Flip-n-Drip should be live on the site soon for $45. \u2014 Charlie Sorrel, WIRED , 31 Aug. 2009"
