Truculent
['trʌkjʊl(ə)nt] or ['trʊkjʊlənt]
Definition
(adj.) defiantly aggressive; 'a truculent speech against the new government' .
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Definition
(a.) Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.
(a.) Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Savage, fierce, ferocious, barbarous, cruel, ruthless.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fierce, savage, ruthless, destructive, barbarous, cruel, bloodthirsty
ANT:Mild, inoffensive, gentle
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Definition
adj. very fierce: barbarous: cruel: inspiring terror.—ns. Truc′ulence Truc′ulency.—adv. Truc′ulently.
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Examples
- The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- With our black silk face-coverings, which turned us into two of the most truculent figures in London, we stole up to the silent, gloomy house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She really was a most charming girl, and might have passed for a captive fairy, whom that truculent Ogre, Old Barley, had pressed into his service. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Bitter and truculent when excited, I spoke as I felt, without reserve or softening. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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