'Truculent' definitions:
Definition of 'truculent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new government"
Definition of 'Truculent'
From: GCIDE
- Truculent \Tru"cu*lent\, a. [L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.]
- 1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless. [1913 Webster]
- More or less truculent plagues. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'truculent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrupt,
- aggressive,
- animal,
- antagonistic,
- anthropophagous,
- atrocious,
- bad-tempered,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- battling,
- bearish,
- beastly,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- brash,
- browbeating,
- brusque,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutish,
- bullying,
- cannibalistic,
- cavalier,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- churlish,
- combative,
- contentious,
- contumelious,
- cowing,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- crusty,
- curt,
- demoniac,
- demoniacal,
- devilish,
- diabolic,
- Draconian,
- enemy,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- frightening,
- full of fight,
- grim,
- gruff,
- harsh,
- hawkish,
- hellish,
- hostile,
- ill-tempered,
- infernal,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- inimical,
- intimidating,
- invective,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- murderous,
- nasty,
- obstreperous,
- offensive,
- opprobrious,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- rough,
- rude,
- ruthless,
- saber-rattling,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- scathing,
- scrappy,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- severe,
- sharkish,
- sharp,
- short,
- slavering,
- snippy,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- subhuman,
- sullen,
- surly,
- Tartarean,
- terrifying,
- terrorizing,
- trigger-happy,
- unchristian,
- uncivilized,
- unfriendly,
- unhuman,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- unpleasant,
- vicious,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vituperative,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wolfish