English Explanatory Dictionary

truculent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Cruel or savage.
  2. Defiant or uncompromising.
  3. Eager or quick to argue, fight or start a conflict.
  4. Violent; rude; scathing; savage; harsh.
  5. Destructive; deadly.

Pronunciation

trŭkʹyə-lənt /ˈtɹʌk.jʊ.lənt/ /ˈtɹʌk.jə.lənt/ en-us-truculent.ogg

Word forms

truculent more truculent most truculent

Etymology

First attested circa 1540, from Middle French, from Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).

Synonyms

barbarous ferocious fierce bowelless brutal compassionless cruel demonic despiteful diabolic diabolical fell incessive inclement inhuman inhumane malicious merciless nasty nonhumane pitiless remorseless rotten ruthless sadistic savage spiteful truculent unbenevolent unbenign unkind unmerciful unpitiful unpitying animalistic barbarian barbaric barbarious brutish Gothic Gothlike grim heathen heathenish heathenly heathenous incivil pagan tenebrose uncivil uncivilized uncouth uncultivated uncultured uplandish wolfish inflexible stubborn unyielding adamant

Related words

truculence truculency truculently belligerent
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