wuss
Example Sentences
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“Not because I’m a do-gooder but because I’m a big giant wuss who no one wants to have around. So there, now you know.”
From Literature
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JonPaul plays football, basketball and baseball and is roughly the size of a half-ton Chevy pickup, but he’s a total wuss about his health.
From Literature
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Maybe you’re a fellow weather wuss or you had a pandemic baby who hasn’t seen much of the indoor world yet.
From Seattle Times
Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
From New York Times
He was still playing, but he’d think I was a wuss.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.