01 n. Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy.
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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.