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Wissed vs Wussed - What's the difference?

wissed | wussed |

As verbs the difference between wissed and wussed

is that wissed is past tense of wiss or wisse while wussed is past tense of wuss.

wissed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wiss) or wisse
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2003 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Andrew Lang , title=John Knox and the Reformation , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn=9780766175709 , page=180 , passage=She did not respond favourably, and "the Earl bare it heavily in his heart, and more heavily than many would have wissed ," says Knox, with whome Arran was on very confidential terms. }}

    wussed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wuss)

    • wuss

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang) A weak or ineffectual person.
  • * 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript
    • Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.''
  • * 1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times At Ridgemont High (Screenplay)
    • Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy''
  • * 1995, Rob Huizenga, You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise Page 120
    • ...if you got a reputation as a wuss around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut.
  • * 2003, Andrea P. Roberts, Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman Page 7
    • And finally, don't be a wuss . Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive.
  • * 2003, Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park Page 21
    • ...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud.

    Synonyms

    * pansy, pushover, weakling, wimp

    Derived terms

    * wuss out

    Verb

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