cussed

1. 1.

   stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

   Synonymsobdurateobstinateunrepentant

   Similarunregenerate

Other forms of cussed

comparative

cussedder·

superlative

cusseddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cussed

What does cussed mean?

cussed means "stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing".

How many syllables are in cussed?

cussed has 1 syllable: cussed. In IPA it is /ˈkʌst/.

What is another word for cussed?

Close synonyms include obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cussed a common word?

cussed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.