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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cussedness \Cuss"ed*ness\, n. [Cussed (for cursed) + -ness.] Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.] In her opinion it was all pure ``cussedness.'' --Mrs. Humphry Ward. Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call ``cussedness''). --James Bryce. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cussedness n : mean-spirited disagreeable contrariness [syn: {orneriness}]
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