cussedness

1. (dated) The state or quality of being cussed.Examples: "Well, if ever a man was born bad in his temper, 'twas Captain Bligh. . . . They made an Admiral of him in the end, but they never cured his cussedness."; "Full of vinegar and all-round cussedness, but without malice. Just as soon kill you as not, but in a playful sort of way, you understand, without meaning to at all."; "He made camp there that night, pitching his little tent in the trail for pure cussedness, and defying aloud a traveling world to make him move until he got good and ready."Synonyms: cantankerousness, nastiness, obstinacy, orneriness, perversitydateduncountableusually