'Cussedness' definitions:
Definition of 'cussedness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Meanspirited disagreeable contrariness [syn: cussedness, orneriness]
Definition of 'Cussedness'
From: GCIDE
- Cussedness \Cuss"ed*ness\ (c[u^]s"[e^]d*n[e^]s), n. [Cussed (for cursed) + -ness.] Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- In her opinion it was all pure "cussedness." --Mrs. Humphry Ward. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call "cussedness"). --James Bryce. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'cussedness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bearishness,
- bitchiness,
- cantankerousness,
- churlishness,
- contrariness,
- crabbedness,
- crankiness,
- crossness,
- crustiness,
- devilment,
- devilry,
- deviltry,
- difficultness,
- disagreeability,
- dourness,
- evil intent,
- excitability,
- fractiousness,
- frowardness,
- harmfulness,
- hatefulness,
- huffiness,
- huffishness,
- iniquitousness,
- invidiousness,
- irascibility,
- irritability,
- maleficence,
- malice,
- malice aforethought,
- malice prepense,
- maliciousness,
- malignance,
- malignancy,
- malignity,
- meanness,
- nastiness,
- noxiousness,
- orneriness,
- perverseness,
- perversite,
- perversity,
- snappishness,
- stuffiness,
- sulkiness,
- sullenness,
- testiness,
- ugliness,
- waspishness,
- waywardness,
- wickedness,
- wrongheadedness