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Antonyms for truculent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : truhk-yuh-luhnt, troo-kyuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrʌk yə lənt, ˈtru kyə-



Definition of truculent

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin truculentus "fierce, savage," from trux (genitive trucis) "fierce, wild."
  • adj belligerent, hateful
Example sentences :
  • It was with an ugly and truculent manner, if more warily, that the man closed in.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • But outnumbering them by far were faces set in truculent mold.
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • George, who was big and lank, and truculent in appearance, nodded.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
  • I could have embraced that figure of grotesque and truculent devotion.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The Illanun chiefs, for all their truculent aspect, were much too prudent to attempt to move.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • He was a truculent, untamable rough, evidently inspired with gin.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • Or was I, after all my grind, to yield a place to the truculent Coxhead?
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • De Marle was helpless with illness, but truculent in temper.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • It is not like mortal fire, a consuming, dangerous, truculent element.
  • Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson
  • "Come, now," he added, changing swiftly into his most truculent mood.
  • Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

Synonyms for truculent

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