All wussy synonyms
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W w adjective wussy
- poltroon β a wretched coward; craven.
- pusillanimous β lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
- scared β to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- timorous β full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
- weak-kneed β yielding readily to opposition, pressure, intimidation, etc.
- wimpish β of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- wimpy β of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- yellow-bellied β having a yellow abdomen or underside.
- timid β lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- weak β not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- mean-spirited β petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- cowardly β If you describe someone as cowardly, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid doing dangerous and difficult things.
- dastardly β If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- fearful β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- gutless β lacking courage, fortitude, or determination.
- lily-livered β weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
noun wussy
- coward β If you call someone a coward, you disapprove of them because they are easily frightened and avoid dangerous or difficult situations.
- baby β A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- caitiff β a cowardly or base person
- chicken β Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
- deserter β A deserter is someone who leaves their job in the armed forces without permission.
- jellyfish β any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- namby-pamby β without firm methods or policy; weak or indecisive: namby-pamby handling of juvenile offenders.
- pansy β a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
- pantywaist β Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
- quitter β a person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty, danger, etc.
- sissy β Disparaging and Offensive. an effeminate boy or man.
- weakling β a person who is physically or morally weak.
- wimp β any of a group of weakly interacting elementary particles predicted by various unified field theories, as the W particle and Z-zero particle, that are characterized by relatively large masses.
- wuss β a weakling; wimp.
- yellow β a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
- fraidy-cat β a timid, easily frightened person: often used by children.
- scaredy cat β fraidy-cat.
- yellow belly β Slang. a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; coward.
- milksop β a weak or ineffectual person.
- crybaby β If someone calls a child a crybaby, they mean that the child cries a lot for no good reason.
- pushover β Informal. anything done easily.
- daisy β A daisy is a small wild flower with a yellow centre and white petals.
- featherweight β a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
- loser β a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
- puppy β a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- schlemiel β an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
- cream puff β a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
- scaredy-cat β fraidy-cat.