Meaning of CUSSEDNESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'kusidnis
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| | Definition: | | [n] mean-spirited disagreeable contrariness |
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| | Synonyms: | | orneriness |
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| | See Also: | | contrariness, perverseness, perversity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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