cussedness

cussedness
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cussedness — cussed ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ awkward; annoying. DERIVATIVES cussedly adverb cussedness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • cussedness — noun see cussed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cussedness — See cussedly. * * * …   Universalium

  • cussedness — noun The state or quality of being cussed …   Wiktionary

  • cussedness — cuss·ed·ness …   English syllables

  • cussedness — noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness • Syn: ↑orneriness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ornery (for: ↑orneriness), ↑cussed • Hypernyms: ↑contrariness, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Obstinacy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Obstinacy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 obstinateness obstinateness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 obstinacy obstinacy tenacity Sgm: N 1 cussedness cussedness =>(U.S.) Sgm: N 1 perseverance perseverance &c. 604a …   English dictionary for students

  • orneriness — noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness • Syn: ↑cussedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ornery, ↑cussed (for: ↑cussedness) • Hypernyms: ↑contrariness, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cussed — adjective Date: 1834 1. cursed 2. obstinate, cantankerous • cussedly adverb • cussedness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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