{
  "wussy":{
    "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.",
        "\u2014 Chuck Gallagher",
        "You don't like turtlenecks",
        "\u2014 Frank Cammuso and Hart Seely",
        "\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.",
        "\u2014 Chuck Gallagher",
        "You don't like turtlenecks",
        "\u2014 Frank Cammuso and Hart Seely",
        "\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":"20220707-065150"
  }
}