Tom is testy and truculent.
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Truculent
/ˈtɹʌk.jʊ.lənt/
Synonyms for "truculent" (144 found)
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Tim's truculent nature has made Lisa hesitant to say anything critical to him, for fear that it will cause a fight.
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His eyes were truculent again, his lips in the pout that had been on them when he had entered.
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There is—in world affairs—a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.
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