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- Dictionarytruculent/ˈtrʌkjʊlənt/
adjective
- 1. eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant: "the truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports"
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having a bad state of mind, or behaving in a threatening manner: He was a truculent bully. (Definition of truculent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of truculent.
The meaning of TRUCULENT is aggressively self-assertive : belligerent. How to use truculent in a sentence. Did you know?
having a bad state of mind, or behaving in a threatening manner: He was a truculent bully. (Definition of truculent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of truculent.
Truculent definition: aggressively hostile; belligerent. . See examples of TRUCULENT used in a sentence.
1. fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious. 2. rude, harsh, mean, scathing, etc. said esp. of speech or writing. 3. pugnacious or bellicose. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Definition of truculent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To be truculent is to be defiant, aggressive, and quarrelsome. A truculent student will get in trouble with teachers, and a truculent teacher might get fired. In a violent sport like football, it helps to be truculent, but it's usually not a great quality.
adj. 1. Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent. 2. Showing or expressing bitter opposition or hostility; aggressively defiant: a truculent speech against the new government; a truculent glance. 3. Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
If you say that someone is truculent, you mean that they are bad-tempered and aggressive. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'truculent' American English: trʌkyələnt British English: trʌkjʊlənt. More. Synonyms of 'truculent' • hostile, defiant, belligerent, bad-tempered [...] More. Examples of 'truculent' in a sentence.
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