truculent[adjective]Synonyms: hostile, aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, defiant, ill-tempered, obstreperous, pugnacious
Related Words: browbeating,
bullying,
cowing,
intimidating,
frightening,
terrifying,
terrorizing,
caustic,
mordacious,
mordant,
scathing,
sharp,
trenchant,
harsh,
rough,
severe,
vitriolic [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
truc‧u‧lent /ˈtrʌkjələnt, ˈtrʌkjʊlənt/
adjective literary[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: truculentus, from trux 'fierce']
bad-tempered and always willing to argue with people
Synonym : awkward:
a truculent attitude—truculently adverb—truculence noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲