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Cussedness   Listen
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Cussedness  n.  Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy. (Slang or Colloq., U. S.) "In her opinion it was all pure "cussedness."" "Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call "cussedness")."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Cussedness" Quotes from Famous Books



... that for a boy to read. Well, you know, the Sunday had to go at last; and the moment the sun went down Sunday night we were free. About 4 or 5 o'clock we would go to see how the sun was coming out. Sometimes it seemed to me that it was just stopping from pure cussedness; but finally it had to go down, and when the last rim of light sank below the horizon, out would come our traps, and we would give three cheers for liberty once more. In those times it was thought wrong for a child to laugh on Sunday. Think of that! A little child—a little boy—could go out in the ...
— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest • Robert Green Ingersoll

... deal of pleasure, and I often thought that the atonement would have to be very broad in its provisions to cover the case of a man that would I write such a book for boys. Then I would look to see how the sun was getting on, and sometimes I thought it had stuck from pure cussedness. Then I would go back and try Jenkyn's again. Well, but it had to go down, and when the last rim of light sank below the horizon, off would go our hats and we would give three ...
— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I • Robert Green Ingersoll

... "The general cussedness of all this investigation business had me puzzled, until at last I made up my mind to do a little investigating on my own account. It all looked foolish to me. Somebody or something must be back of all this performance. I was at it all the time I was ...
— The Riverman • Stewart Edward White

... religion and some call it cussedness, begging your pardon, Mrs. Dr. dear, for using such a word. It seems they cannot make out which it is in Harrison's case. There are days when he growls at everybody because he thinks he is fore-ordained to eternal punishment. And then there are days when he says he does not ...
— Rainbow Valley • Lucy Maud Montgomery



Words linked to "Cussedness" :   perversity, orneriness, cussed, contrariness



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