Truculent - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com 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
Truculent - definition of truculent by The Free Dictionary 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 [Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce; see terə- in Indo-European roots ]
truculent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Bitter and truculent when excited, I spoke as I felt, without reserve or softening 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York, N Y :