Meaning

5 senses

  1. Cruel or savage.

    The truculent soldiers gave us a steely-eyed stare.

    grausam, wild, barbarisch

    жесто́кийžestókij

  2. Defiant or uncompromising.

    trotzig

    вызыва́ющийvyzyvájuščij

  3. Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.

    streitsüchtig, aufsässig, widerspenstig

  4. Violent; rude; scathing; savage; harsh.

  5. (obsolete, rare)Destructive; deadly.

    vernichtend

More definitions
  • defiantly aggressive

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom is testy and truculent.

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  2. His eyes were truculent again, his lips in the pout that had been on them when he had entered.

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  3. Tim's truculent nature has made Lisa hesitant to say anything critical to him, for fear that it will cause a fight.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
cruel or savage:
defiant or uncompromising:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
cruel or savage:
defiant or uncompromising:
eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict:
deadly or destructive:

Origin

First attested circa 1540, from Middle French, from Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”),

First attested circa 1540, from Middle French, from Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).

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Forms

more truculent, most truculent
Comparativemore truculent Lesson
Superlativemost truculent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

132 synonyms
ferociousC1fierceB2cruelB1maliciousC2nastyB1remorselessC1rottenB1ruthlessC1unkindB2grimB2stubbornB1certainA2determinedB2headstrongC1

Word family

4 related words
RelatedbelligerentC2truculencetruculencytruculently

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
truckA1truckertruckloadtrudgetrueA1
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