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.
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Cussedness
Synonyms for "cussedness" (69 found)
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14 entriesbehavioral traitcommunication actconditioncontrarinessdescriptive termpersonality traitperversenessperversityqualitative descriptorqualityspeech actstatetraitverbal action
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13 entriescalamitydifficultexpletive usageill temperinflexibilityirascibilitymisfortuneobstinacyobstinatepeevishnessprofanity useresistance to changeverbal harshness
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17 entriesa cussed nuisancea cussed old mana cussed problemacademic cussednesscussed machineextreme cussednesshabitual cussednessinstitutional cussednessmost cussed itemobstinate cussednessovert cussednesspervasive cussednesspublic cussednessspiteful cussednessstrong cussednessthe cussedness of the issue
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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.
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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.
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