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truc·u·lent T0386500 (trŭk′yə-lənt)adj.1. Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.2. Showing or expressing bitter opposition or hostility; aggressively defiant: a truculent speech against the new government; a truculent glance.3. Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
[Latin truculentus, from trux, truc-, fierce; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]
truc′u·lence (trŭk′yə-ləns), truc′u·len·cy (-lən-sē) n.truc′u·lent·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. |  truculently - in an aggressively truculent manner; "they strive for security by truculently asserting their own interests" | | 2. | truculently - in a defiantly truculent manner; "the boy looked up truculently at his teacher" |
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