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Definitions for truculent
ˈtrʌk yə lənt, ˈtru kyə-tru·cu·lent
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Princeton's WordNet
truculentadjective
defiantly aggressive
"a truculent speech against the new government"
Wiktionary
truculentadjective
cruel or savage
When we were touring on a riverboat near Dandong, the truculent North Korean soldiers from the other side of the river gave us a steely-eyed death stare.
truculentadjective
Deadly or destructive.
truculentadjective
Defiant or uncompromising.
truculentadjective
Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.
Etymology: First attested circa 1540, from truculentus, from trux.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Truculentadjective
Etymology: truculentus, Lat.
A barbarous Scythia where the savage and truculent inhabitants transfer themselves from place to place in waggons, as they can find pasture, and live upon milk, and flesh roasted in the sun at the pomels of their saddles. John Ray.
Pestilential seminaries, according to their grossness or subtilty, cause more or less truculent plagues, some of such malignity, that they enecate in two hours. Gideon Harvey, on the Plague.
Wikipedia
truculent
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Truculent. HMS Truculent (1916) was a Yarrow Later M-class destroyer that saw service in World War I. HMS Truculent (P315) was a T-class submarine that saw service in World War II.
Webster Dictionary
Truculentadjective
fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia
Truculentadjective
cruel; destructive; ruthless
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Truculent
truk′ū-lent (trōō′kū-lent, according to some), adj. very fierce: barbarous: cruel: inspiring terror.—ns. Truc′ulence, Truc′ulency.—adv. Truc′ulently. [L. truculentus—trux, wild, fierce.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of truculent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of truculent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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