Truculent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹʌk.jʊ.lənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Truculent is an adjective meaning Cruel or savage.
Meaning
Cruel or savage.
More Meanings
- Defiant or uncompromising.
- Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.
- (of speech or writing) Violent; rude; scathing; savage; harsh.
- (obsolete, rare, of a disease) Destructive; deadly.
Example Sentences
The truculent soldiers gave us a steely-eyed stare.
Rokoff assumed a truculent air, attempting by bravado to show how little he feared Tarzan’s threats.
His face was very truculent, grey and massive, with black cavernous nostrils and circled by a scanty white fur.
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.
Synonyms for truculent
Depending on context, synonyms include barbarous, ferocious, fierce, bowelless, brutal, compassionless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aggressive, hostile, vicious, rotten, cruelsome, savagerous.
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