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# wuss

«wuss» in Mova's school dictionary: **seen as weak, scared or not brave** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (wuss, wusses); adjective (wussy, informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (slang, mildly rude) A person who is seen as weak, scared or not brave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#m1)

2) Wuss is an old country way of saying worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk among children or in stories, calling someone a «wuss» teases them for being scared. It is mildly insulting and can be unkind; being careful or scared of danger is often sensible, not weak.

### examples

- Don't be a wuss, the water's not that cold! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#x1)
- He called me a wuss for not going on the big ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#x2)
- I'm a total wuss about spiders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#x3)
- Stop calling your brother a wuss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#x4)
- Only a wuss would quit now, said the bully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#x5)
- It's not wussy to wear a helmet, it's smart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#x6)
- An' dey got wuss nex' day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/#x7)

### note

Slang, mainly US. Plural: wusses. It is a teasing insult; avoid it in school writing. Saying it about yourself («I'm a wuss about needles») is friendly.

### In the corpora

- [Worcestershire is said "WUSS-ter-sher", Leicester "LES-ter" and Gloucester "GLOS-ter".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wuss» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wuss/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.