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truculent
[ˈtrʌkjʊl(ə)nt]
ADJECTIVE
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
"the truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports"
synonyms:
defiant · aggressive · antagonistic · belligerent · pugnacious · bellicose · combative · confrontational · ready for a fight · hostile · obstreperous · argumentative · quarrelsome · contentious · uncooperative · bad-tempered · ill-tempered · sullen · surly · cross · ill-natured · rude · discourteous · unpleasant · feisty · spoiling for a fight · stroppy · bolshie · scrappy
antonyms:
cooperative · friendly · amiable
Origin
mid 16th century: from Latintruculentus, from trux, truc-‘fierce’.
truculent adjective -
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tru·cu·lent | \ ˈtrə-kyə-lənt also ˈtrü- \
Definition of truculent
1: aggressively self-assertive : BELLIGERENT
2: scathingly harsh : VITRIOLIC
truculent criticism
3: feeling or displaying ferocity : CRUEL, SAVAGE
4: DEADLY, DESTRUCTIVE
Other Words from truculent
truculently adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for truculent
Synonyms
aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, warlike
Antonyms
nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative, uncontentious
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Did You Know?
Truculent derives from "truculentus," a form of the Latin adjective trux, meaning "savage." It has been used in English since the 16th century to describe people or things that are cruel and ferocious, such as tyrannical leaders or wars, and has also come to mean "deadly or destructive" (as in "a truculent disease"). In current use, however, it has lost much of its etymological fierceness. It now frequently serves to describe speech or writing that is notably harsh (as in "truculent criticism") or a person who is notably self-assertive and surly (such as "a truculent schoolboy"). Some usage commentators have criticized these extended uses because they do not match the savagery of the word's original sense, but they are well-established and perfectly standard.
Examples of truculent in a Sentence
The hard work is to demonstrate exactly how the outsize Churchillian personality, so truculent, so impulsive, so often profoundly wrongheaded, became, in the dark spring of 1940, just what was needed for national survival. — Simon Schama, New York Review of Books, 28 Feb. 2002
Milton—in his prose an opinionated and truculent writer—remains a magnet for opinionated and truculent criticism. — Helen Vendler, New Republic, 30 July 2001
Recent Examples on the Web
With the obstacles presented by the pandemic, and a truculent White House that has been sabotaging its work from the jump, the Census Bureau is scrambling to count each person and in the right place.
— Rich Benjamin, The New York Review of Books, "Who Counts in a Census Taken During a Pandemic?," 14 Apr. 2020
Donald Trump’s administration wanted the truculent prime minister out of the way in order to claim peace in Kosovo as a (rare) foreign-policy success in the run-up to America’s presidential election.
— The Economist, "A Balkan bust-up Did America help oust Kosovo’s reformist government?," 2 Apr. 2020