Cussedness /(cŭs"ĕd*nĕs)/

Cuss·ed·ness

Cussedness

n.
  1. Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]
    In her opinion it was all pure “cussedness.”
    — Mrs. Humphry Ward.
    Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call “cussedness”).