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cussedness

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cuss·ed  (ksd)
adj. Informal
1. Perverse; stubborn.
2. Cursed.
cussed·ly adv.
cussed·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cussedness - meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
orneriness
contrariness, perverseness, perversity - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Translations
cussedness [ˈkʌsɪdnɪs] N → terquedad f
out of sheer cussedness → de puro terco
cussedness
n (inf) → Sturheit f; out of sheer cussedness → aus lauter or reiner Sturheit
cussedness [ˈkʌsɪdnɪs] n (fam) → ripicca, spirito di contraddizione
cussedness [ˈkʌsɪdnɪs] n (fam) → ripicca, spirito di contraddizione


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Full of vinegar and all-round cussedness, but without malice.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
In her heart Elizabeth knew perfectly well that this was because Nutty, when in the presence of the bees, lost his head completely and behaved like an exaggerated version of Lady Wetherby's Dream of Psyche, whereas Bill maintained an easy calm; but at the moment she put the phenomenon down to that inexplicable cussedness which does so much to exasperate the human race, and it fed her annoyance with her unbidden guest.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
Seems to me it's just cussedness that makes people go away from Broadway when they've got plunks enough to stay there and enjoy themselves.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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