wusses
Weak-willed cowards
Wusses is the plural of wuss, a person considered weak, timid, or lacking courage.
The word carries mild contempt, implying someone who backs down from challenges or complains excessively: Don't be such wusses—it's just a little cold water.
Often used in casual teasing rather than serious insult.
Timid, gutless people
- weaklingsPhysically or mentally feeble people
- cowardsThose lacking courage
- sissiesCowardly or weak people
- pansiesColorful garden flowers
softies · crybabies · pushovers · chickens · weenies · milksops · namby-pamby · milquetoasts
Lacking courage or confidence
- spinelessLacking courage or resolve
- gutlessLacking bravery or nerve
- chickenheartedLacking bravery or nerve
- faintheartedCowardly, easily discouraged
lily-livered · yellow · craven · quitter · unheroic · shrinking · bailing · caving
Excessively prone to offense
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- touchyEasily upset or offended
squeamish · soft · tender · whiny · complaining · melodramatic · overreacting · fussing
wimps
Timid, gutless people
- weaklingsPhysically or mentally feeble people
- cowardsThose lacking courage
- sissiesCowardly or weak people
pansies · softies · crybabies · pushovers · chickens · weenies · milksops · namby-pamby · milquetoasts · scaredy-cats
timid
Lacking courage or confidence
- spinelessLacking courage or resolve
- gutlessLacking bravery or nerve
- chickenheartedLacking bravery or nerve
fainthearted · lily-livered · yellow · craven · quitter · unheroic · shrinking · bailing · caving · folding
oversensitive
Excessively prone to offense
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
touchy · squeamish · soft · tender · whiny · complaining · melodramatic · overreacting · fussing
wussesalpha males
Dominant group members
alphas · go-getters · powerhouses · fighters · bulldogs
- wuss outWithdraw from fear
- wussed outWithdrew from fear
- wussing outCowardly withdrawal from commitment