truculent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite defiantly aggressive
    • a truculent speech against the new government

WordNet

Tru"cu*lent adjective
Etymology
L.truculentus, fr. trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.
Definitions
  1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent inhabitants of Scythia. Ray.
  2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
    More or less truculent plagues. Harvey.

Webster 1913