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Cussing vs Cussed - What's the difference?

cussing | cussed |

As verbs the difference between cussing and cussed

is that cussing is while cussed is (cuss).

As a noun cussing

is the act of one who cusses, or uses bad language.

As an adjective cussed is

(chiefly|us) ill-tempered, nasty, obstinate.

As an adverb cussed is

(degree) very, cussedly, accursedly.

cussing

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who cusses, or uses bad language.
  • * 1888 , Hubert Howe Bancroft, California Inter Pocula
  • the whining Yankee cussings , the spluttering Dutchman's swearings, and the imitative intonations of the Celestial.

    Anagrams

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    cussed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cuss)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, US) Ill-tempered, nasty, obstinate.
  • Derived terms

    * cussedness

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (degree) Very, cussedly, accursedly.