Cuss″ed‐ness (?), n. [Cussed (for cursed) + -ness.] Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy.
In her opinion it was all pure “cussedness.” Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call “cussedness”). James Bryce.