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Another word for truculent

truculent Synonyms

truculent

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Fierce
barbarous, brutal, ferocious; see cruel 1, 2, fierce 1, savage 2.
Rude
harsh, mean, scathing; see rude 2.

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Another word for truculent

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Having or showing an eagerness to fight:
bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, hostile, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, warlike. See attack
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, respect
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

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They behaved in the most high-handed, brutal and truculent manner.
The most savage and truculent of the tribes are those who live in the forest regions; the most advanced in culture, the dwellers in the plains.
But, if his truculent character was thus early displayed, his abilities were no less conspicuous; and, though still in his teens, he became lecturer on the Humanities at Tournai, whence, after but a short stay, he returned to Paris, to take his degree of doctor of canon law, and become regent of the college of Navarre.
Since 1898 the country has been opened, and from being the most lawless and truculent of people the Bariba have become singularly amenable and lawabiding.
They were therefore not intimidated when Rudolph, vacillating as ever, suddenly assumed a most truculent attitude.

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