Antonyms for truculence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : truhk-yuh-luhnt, troo-kyuh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrʌk yə lənt, ˈtru kyə-

Definition of truculence

Origin : 1540s, from Latin truculentus "fierce, savage," from trux (genitive trucis) "fierce, wild."

noun fight
noun belligerence
noun cruelty

Example sentences :

At the same time there was not a suspicion of truculence or even repulse in his carriage.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

You are not to be improved by the piety of his expression, nor disgusted by its truculence.
Extract from : « Lectures on Landscape » by John Ruskin

But away from their control some deeds of truculence occurred.
Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein

It would be fatal at this point to show weakness or truculence.
Extract from : « The Comings of Cousin Ann » by Emma Speed Sampson

Stonor shook hands with him, affecting not to notice the signs of truculence.
Extract from : « The Woman from Outside » by Hulbert Footner

Before it, the assumption of truculence on Spofford's features faded.
Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche

I do pray you to pardon the truculence of that carnivorous comparison.
Extract from : « Barren Honour: A Novel » by George A. Lawrence

I had a printed document from them, which was severe to the point of truculence.
Extract from : « The New Gulliver and Other Stories » by Barry Pain

Friends will be those who can be cowed into truculence or bought.
Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry

Even in his gaiety there was an unpleasant spice of greed and truculence.
Extract from : « A Book of Scoundrels » by Charles Whibley

Synonyms for truculence

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