truculent Sentence Examples
- The truculent tyrant suppressed dissent with an iron fist.
- The protesters' truculent demeanor intimidated the police.
- The salesman's truculent approach alienated potential customers.
- Her truculent tone betrayed her underlying resentment.
- The child's truculent behavior tested his parents' patience.
- The truculent winds howled relentlessly, shaking the windows.
- The truculent debate raged on, dividing the audience into factions.
- The bully's truculent threats filled his victim with terror.
- The truculent dragon guarded its treasure with ferocity.
- The disease exhibited a truculent resistance to treatment, baffling doctors.
truculent Meaning
truculent (s)
defiantly aggressive
truculent (a.)
Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia.
Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
Synonyms & Antonyms of truculent
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- amiable
- pacific
- benevolent
- cordial
- amiable
- pacific
- pleasant
- uncontentious
- peaceable
- gracious
- friendly
- conciliatory
- friendly
- nonbelligerent
- complaisant
- complaisant
- nonbelligerent
- affable
- benevolent
- unwarlike
- peaceful
- conciliatory
- affable
- peaceable
- good-natured
- peaceful
- genial
- pleasant
- unwarlike
- genial
- nonaggressive
- nonaggressive
- uncontentious
- good-natured
- cordial
- gracious
Synonyms:
- antagonistic
- discordant
- petulant
- rude
- disputatious
- brawly
- combative
- scrappy
- ugly
- quarrelsome
- bellicose
- feisty
- confrontational
- chippy
- warlike
- agonistic
- argumentative
- gladiatorial
- savage
- acidic
- vicious
- fierce
- assaultive
- pugnacious
Antonyms:
- kindly
- amicable
- tranquil
- kindly
- uncombative
- amicable
- anti-imperialist
- sociable
- ingratiating
- relaxed
- anti-imperialist
- tranquil
- obliging
- mild
- quiet
- kindhearted
- good-tempered
- easygoing
- uncombative
- ingratiating
- unbelligerent
- sociable
- kindhearted
- gentle
- easygoing
- good-tempered
- serene
- unbelligerent
- quiet
- calm
- antimilitarist
- gentle
- calm
- serene
- benign
- benign
- mild
- antimilitarist
- relaxed
- obliging
Synonyms:
- ill-natured
- grouchy
- irascible
- prickly
- cranky
- fighting
- battling
- touchy
- stroppy
- pettish
- bearish
- warring
- grumpy
- dyspeptic
- crabby
- cross
- fretful
- bilious
- fractious
- bristly
- waspish
- ill-humored
- surly
- snappy
- choleric
- testy
- peevish
- snappish
- ill-tempered
- ornery
- querulous
- huffy
- disagreeable
- on-the-warpath
- hot-tempered
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
FAQs About the word truculent
defiantly aggressiveFierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia., Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
aggressive, militant, hostile, contentious, irritable, belligerent, antagonistic, discordant, petulant, rude
amiable, pacific, benevolent, cordial, amiable, pacific, pleasant, uncontentious, peaceable, gracious
The truculent tyrant suppressed dissent with an iron fist.
The protesters' truculent demeanor intimidated the police.
The salesman's truculent approach alienated potential customers.
Her truculent tone betrayed her underlying resentment.
