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cussed

cussed

8.4
Stubborn and unwilling to change, often in an annoying way
  • adjective
  • /ˈkʌst/
  • Informal
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  • Her cussed refusal to admit defeat frustrated everyone involved in the project.

Examples

  • My cussed neighbor refuses to follow the community rules.

  • He is so cussed that he won't admit he was wrong.

  • Even as a child, he was so cussed that no one could convince him otherwise.

  • It was his cussed determination that got him through the most difficult times.

  • Even as a child, he was so cussed that no one could convince him to change his mind.

  • Her cussed refusal to admit she was wrong annoyed everyone around her.

  • My cussed neighbor consistently ignores the community rules, no matter how many times they are explained.

Synonyms

unrepentant
vscussed
18 7.5

Not feeling sorry for something and not wanting to change

is about being annoyingly unwilling to change rather than lacking regret
obstinate
vscussed
16 7.5

Refusing to change your opinion or behavior even when others try to persuade you

is more about annoying, unreasonable refusal rather than simple firmness
obdurate
vscussed
3 8.8

A person who refuses to change their opinion or behaviour even when others try to persuade them

is more about being unreasonably annoying and unwilling rather than principled inflexibility

Antonyms

flexible
155 3.4

Able to change or be changed to fit different situations

agreeable
17 3.3

Ready to say yes to an idea or request

How Stubborn

pigheaded
  • Offensive
9 7.8
cussed
  • Informal
8.4
resistant
20 4.3
reluctant
247 3.5

Surface Forms

cussed positive

Morphology

cussed = cuss (opaque) = cuss + ed

Although formed by the verb 'cuss' + -ed, the adjectival sense 'stubborn' is a dialectal semantic shift (from 'cursed'/'annoying') and is not predictable from 'cuss'.

Etymology

The word cussed comes from older words like curse and cursed, which once meant 'under a curse' or 'marked as bad'. So calling someone cussed gives the idea of a person who is set against others and not willing to change, which is why it now means 'stubborn' or 'unwilling to change'.