the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Cursedness; perverseness; cantankerousness.
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n. meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
Word Usage
"The oppersite party is strong in cussedness; on our side, we know we're right, an 'we've made up our minds to die right on the spot, but never to yield."