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Truculent

//ˈtɹʌk.jʊ.lənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Cruel or savage.

    "The truculent soldiers gave us a steely-eyed stare."

  2. 2
    Defiant or uncompromising.

    "In her turn, Helen Burns asked me to explain, and I proceeded forthwith to pour out, in my own way, the tale of my sufferings and resentments. Bitter and truculent when excited, I spoke as I felt, without reserve or softening."

  3. 3
    Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.

    "She might pity herself, but he must not pity her. She did not want any quarrel; she blamed him for wanting one, but she could not help assuming a truculent attitude."

  4. 4
    Violent; rude; scathing; savage; harsh.

    "Voltaire is never either gross or truculent."

  5. 5
    Destructive; deadly. obsolete, rare

    "More or less truculent Plagues."

Adjective
  1. 1
    defiantly aggressive wordnet

Etymology

First attested circa 1540, from Middle French, from Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).

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