truculent

truculent
Synonyms and related words:
Draconian, Tartarean, abrupt, aggressive, animal, antagonistic, anthropophagous, atrocious, bad-tempered, barbaric, barbarous, battling, bearish, beastly, bellicose, belligerent, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, bluff, blunt, brash, browbeating, brusque, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, bullying, cannibalistic, cavalier, chauvinist, chauvinistic, churlish, combative, contentious, contumelious, cowing, cruel, cruel-hearted, crusty, curt, demoniac, demoniacal, devilish, diabolic, enemy, fell, feral, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, fighting, frightening, full of fight, grim, gruff, harsh, hawkish, hellish, hostile, ill-tempered, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, inimical, intimidating, invective, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, martial, militant, militaristic, military, murderous, nasty, obstreperous, offensive, opprobrious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rough, rude, ruthless, saber-rattling, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, scathing, scrappy, scurrile, scurrilous, severe, sharkish, sharp, short, slavering, snippy, soldierlike, soldierly, subhuman, sullen, surly, terrifying, terrorizing, trigger-happy, unchristian, uncivilized, unfriendly, unhuman, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful, unpleasant, vicious, violent, virulent, vituperative, warlike, warmongering, warring, wolfish

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  • truculent — truculent, ente [ trykylɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • fin XVe , repris XVIIIe; lat. truculentus « farouche, cruel » 1 ♦ Vx Qui a ou qui veut se donner une apparence farouche, terrible. « Des gaillards à mine truculente [...] frappaient sur les tables des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • truculent — TRUCULÉNT, Ă, truculenţi, te, adj. Aspru, violent, brutal. – Din fr. truculent, lat. truculentus. Trimis de dante, 01.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  truculént adj. m., pl. truculénţi; f. sg …   Dicționar Român

  • Truculent — Tru cu*lent, a. [L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.] 1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless. [1913 Webster] More… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • truculent — index brutal, cold blooded, harsh, hostile, malevolent, malicious, malignant, offensive (offending) …   Law dictionary

  • truculent — truculent, ente (entrée créée par le supplément) (tru ku lan, lan t ) adj. Mot forgé du latin. Qui est d apparence violente. •   Je renonce à décrire les étoffes dont nos jeunes rajahs firent étalage ; cela ressemblait aux somptuosités les plus… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • truculent — (adj.) 1540s, from L. truculentus fierce, savage, from trux (gen. trucis) fierce, wild …   Etymology dictionary

  • truculent — *fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, inhuman, cruel, fell Analogous words: intimidating, cowing, bulldozing, browbeating, bullying (see INTIMIDATE): terrorizing, terrifying, frightening (see FRIGHTEN): threatening, menacing (see THREATEN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • truculent — [adj] belligerent, hateful abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad tempered, barbarous, bellicose, browbeating, brutal, bullying, caustic, combative, contentious, contumelious, cowing, cross, defiant, ferocious, fierce, frightening, harsh, hostile …   New thesaurus

  • truculent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ quick to argue or fight; defiant. DERIVATIVES truculence noun truculently adverb. ORIGIN Latin truculentus, from trux fierce …   English terms dictionary

  • truculent — [truk′yo͞o lənt, truk′yələnt] adj. [< L truculentus < trux (gen. trucis), fierce, savage] 1. fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious 2. rude, harsh, mean, scathing, etc.: said esp. of speech or writing 3. pugnacious or bellicose truculence n.… …   English World dictionary

  • Truculent — Trulucent bezeichnet als HMS Truculent mehrere Kriegsschiffe der britischen Royal Navy, so: HMS Truculent (1916), einen Zerstörer der Yarrow Klasse. HMS Truculent (P315), ein U Boot der Taciturn Klasse Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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