cussednessn.
/ˈkʌsᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkəsədnəs/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
Obstinacy, stubbornness; cantankerousness; contrariness. Cf. cussed adj. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun]
cursednessc1386
crabbedness1413
thrawnness1499
currishness1542
doggedness1592
spleen1597
incompliance1689
crustiness1727
dourness1794
grumpiness1835
cussedness1852
nabalism1853
ungeniality1859
disgrace1861
cantankerousness1881
ugliness1889
stroppiness1969
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness
frowardnessa1300
waywardnessc1384
wrawnessc1386
frowardship14..
perversity?a1425
frowardheadc1470
overthwartnessc1475
adversity1489
perversednessa1500
thrawnness1499
untowardnessa1525
protervitya1527
repugnancy1557
thrawardness1567
contrariousness1571
crookedness1576
thwartness1577
pervertness1581
peevishness1582
awkness1587
crabbedness1598
untowardliness1598
crossness1600
difficileness1612
contrariness1642
perverseness1644
cross-grainedness1652
wrong-headedness1740
pigheadedness1801
cussedness1852
orneriness1880
bloody-mindedness1910
difficultness1934
1852 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 7 Sept. The little boy struck his brother out of pure cussedness.
1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool xxxiv, in Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 306 What has been termed by some philosophers the natural cussedness of things.
1905 E. M. Forster Where Angels fear to Tread v. 153 He could understand pure cussedness, but it did not seem to be that.
1931 E. O'Neill Mourning becomes Electra i. iv. 90 I guess there's bitterness inside me—my own cussedness, maybe.
1987 M. Wanless Nat. Rider vi. 142 They punish the horse for his cussedness.
2004 Victorian July 13/3 He had a streak of cussedness and a wicked sense of humour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1852