Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.
- adjective Showing or expressing bitter opposition or hostility; aggressively defiant.
- adjective Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fierce; savage; barbarous.
- Inspiring terror; ferocious.
- Cruel; destructive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous.
- adjective Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
cruel orsavage - adjective
Deadly ordestructive . - adjective
Defiant oruncompromising . - adjective Eager or quick to
argue ,fight or start aconflict .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective defiantly aggressive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A kind of truculent honesty which he could never dissemble for long, always stood in his way.
The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998
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To interpret him according to this image -- a womanish figure in a long robe and a turban, with big bare arms and a dramatic pose -- would be to think of him as a kind of truculent sultana.
A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879
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As Mrs. Dinks made no reply, and assumed the appearance of a lady who, for her own private and inscrutable reasons, had concluded to forego the prerogative of speech for evermore, while she fanned herself calmly, and regarded Fanny with a kind of truculent calmness that seemed to say,
Trumps George William Curtis 1858
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The general manager of the Leafs has famously stated he wants a "truculent" and
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The general manager of the Leafs has famously stated he wants a "truculent" and
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Letter, of the "truculent" and "unhappy" national symbol presiding over the entrance to Salem‘s
National Demons: Robert Burns, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Folk in the Forest 2006
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A kind of truculent question was in his eyes -- as much as to say, "Now then, what do you make of it all?
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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They are of the gloomy, razor-bearing variety; full of short-sighted lies and prompt dishonesties, amusing always, but truculent and tricky; and the sunny sweetness which we all know in the Negro character is not there.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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She would show up in a hard hat, like some truculent crusader.
Lorelei 2010
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Fischer's increasingly bizarre, truculent behavior alienated friends and family and landed him in serious legal trouble.
Dan Lybarger: The Search Is Over: Liz Garbus on Bobby Fischer Against the World Dan Lybarger 2011
brtom commented on the word truculent
"He passes, struck by the stare of truculent Wellington ..."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15
January 28, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word truculent
"I'm a truculent bigot, I revel in scum." --The Bolshoi
This word triggered the memory of that lyric, and reminded me I have been too long without a CD of the Bolshoi, so I actually went and bought it just now. This site does strange things to me...
February 13, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word truculent
I got my CD today. Yay! I'm a truculent bigot!
February 16, 2007
reesetee commented on the word truculent
...but I hope you don't revel in scum.
February 16, 2007
iarwain commented on the word truculent
"Uhh, hey mate, uhhh . . . about that truck you lent me . . ."
The man stared truculently at the wall as the police officers asked him about the murder of the man he let borrow his vehicle.
May 15, 2009
bilby commented on the word truculent
"Bitter and truculent when excited, I spoke as I felt, without reserve or softening."
- Charlotte Bronte, 'Jane Eyre'.
November 3, 2009
100000232338334 commented on the word truculent
"Though the window had broken mostly in big pieces, a few bits of glass fell from her as she rose, and I flicked an eye at Eric to make sure he understood he should clean them up. He had a truculent set to his mouth."-Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris
May 19, 2011
kingparton commented on the word truculent
A strong, astringent, bilious nature has more truculent enemies than the slugs and moths that fret my leaves.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life
November 19, 2011
Azr commented on the word truculent
'Wild', 'Salvaje'
October 25, 2013