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meanspirited disagreeable contrariness

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  1. n. meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
  2. 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"). James Bryce.
  3. Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity;cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]
  4. n. meanspirited disagreeable contrariness