truculent

adj.

1. Disposed to fight; pugnacious.
2. Expressing bitter opposition; scathing: a truculent speech against the new government.
3. Disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce.

[Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce.]

truculently truc'u·lent·ly adv.

(TRUK-yuh-luhnt)

adjective
1. Disposed to fight; pugnacious.
2. Expressing bitter opposition; scathing.
3. Disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce.

Etymology
Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce.

Usage
"A funny thing happened to Mr Wilson on his way back for a new term at Westminster. The punchy, truculent fighter of a year ago, whose rude jabs at the Conservatives often provoked Sir Alec Douglas-Home into reminding him that he was no longer Leader of the Opposition, has been transformed into a widely accepted father figure." — Nora Beloff, Observing the 20th Century, Observer, 19 Dec 1999.

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adjective

1. Having or showing an eagerness to fight: bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, hostile, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, warlike. See attack/defend.
2. So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, vitriolic. See attack/defend, respect/contempt/standing.
3. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell², feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, vicious, wolfish. See kind/cruel.

adj

Definition: belligerent, hateful
Antonyms: cooperative, gentle, mild, nice, tame

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IN BRIEF: Defiantly aggressive.

The leader of the party gave a truculent speech against the opposition.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stridbar, aggressiv, trodsig, bidende, skarp

Nederlands (Dutch)
gewelddadig

Français (French)
adj. - agressif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - aufsässig, wild, grausam

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άγριος, επιθετικός, βίαιος

Italiano (Italian)
truculento

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - truculento (m), feroz, agressivo (m)

Русский (Russian)
свирепый, жестокий, грубый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - agresivo, feroz, salvaje

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stridslysten, aggressiv, våldsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
野蛮的, 残酷的, 粗野的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 野蠻的, 殘酷的, 粗野的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 흉포한, 잔인한, 거친

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 攻撃的な, 手に負えない, 辛辣な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مهلك, ضار, وحشي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אכזרי, פראי, עז, חריף, נוקב, מאיים, שש לקרב‬

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