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wuss

[woos] / wʊs /










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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 • Feb. 18, 2023

This excerpt makes him look like a wuss!

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2022

Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

When it comes to food, I am adventurous in my tastes, but I am a wuss about heat — a connoisseur of blandness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2021

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 "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen




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