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cussed adjective (pronounced as two syllables: cuss-ed) Perverse, obstinate, headstrong.

1924 Abernethy Moonshine 118 [T]he hired help were so cussed no-count, that after a-tarryin' at the throne like wrastlin' Jacob with the angel, I had a sorter hunch that the Lord were willin' fer me to go a-courtin' Widder Jinkins. 1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) He hollered for mother, says "Mother, come here," he says, "Confound it, that cussed old cat scratched my horse and he's teetotally ruined him."

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