Cussedness /(cŭs"ĕd*nĕs)/
Cuss·ed·ness
Cussedness
n.
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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.”
Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call “cussedness”).