CUSSEDNESS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

cussedness

noun

Definition of cussedness

as in bloody-mindedness

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Noun

And that bloody-mindedness seems to be a bargaining strategy.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Stamp was a true original, a shapeshifter, a tough guy, and a charmer; one of the rare working-class British actors left who survived a childhood during the blitz and channeled bloody-mindedness, raw talent, and strong instincts.

— Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025

Definition of bloody-mindedness

Noun

This effect is multiplied during supply chain disruptions, which reward agility and punish rigidity.

— Gary McGuigan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Finding balance has been something France has struggled with since its success at the 2018 World Cup and Zidane will be tasked with combining France’s offensive arsenal with defensive rigidity behind them.

— Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of rigidity

Noun

Their stories live on in Sardinian lore with an almost mythical quality, the brigands admired for their intractability.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
But Bass and every council member and all their successors need to be reminded that a civic sense of intractability is a dangerous thing.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of intractability

Noun

The accident caps a chaotic Giants season marked by social-media flare-ups, on-field insubordination and a Pride Night uniform dispute.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Quarantine orders are met with wholesale insubordination, and the government begins to ratchet its way to full martial law.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Definition of insubordination

Noun

Whether writing five decades ago or today, the genre’s most insightful commentators have always observed how punk fuses rebelliousness with commodification, capitalism with resistance.

— Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
Marji’s rebelliousness, both admirable and terrifying for those who love her, is her salient characteristic.

— Hillary Chute, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

Definition of rebelliousness

Noun

Another child said he was forced to carry out artillery strikes and beaten for disobedience.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
But many Catholics, including conservative and traditional ones, are opposed to the consecrations, viewing them as an act of severe disobedience to the pope that hurts the church.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of disobedience

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