What is another word for truculent?
352 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tɹˈʌkjʊlənt], [ tɹˈʌkjʊlənt], [ t_ɹ_ˈʌ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_n_t]
Truculent is a word that is used to describe someone who is aggressive or belligerent. It is a rather strong and forceful word, and as such, there are several synonyms that can be used to convey a similar meaning. Some of these synonyms include combative, hostile, quarrelsome, pugnacious, and bellicose. Other words that are similar in meaning to truculent include contentious, confrontational, and argumentative. These words all convey a sense of aggression and hostility, and can be used to describe someone who is difficult to deal with or who tends to be confrontational in their interactions with others.
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Similar words for truculent:
- aggressive (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- barbarous (adjective)
- belligerent (adjective)
- belligerent, hateful (adjective)
- combative (adjective)
- defiant (adjective)
- feisty (adjective)
- ferocious (adjective)
- fierce (adjective)
- fighting (adjective)
- grim (adjective)
- gruff (adjective)
- grumpy (adjective)
- inhuman (adjective)
- inhuman/inhumane (adjective)
- militant (adjective)
- noncompliant (adjective)
- opprobrious (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pugnacious (adjective)
- quarrelsome (adjective)
- savage (adjective)
- scurrilous (adjective)
- ugly (adjective)
- warlike (adjective)
- fierce (noun)
- other synonyms
- uncontrollable
Synonyms for Truculent:
adj.
• aggressive (adjective)- bellicose,
- domineering,
- assertive,
- offensive,
- forward,
- aggressive,
- combative,
- confrontational,
- pushy,
- determined,
- hostile.
- un cultured,
- un-civil,
- un civilized,
- un civil,
- most wolfish,
- un-sophisticated,
- un sophisticated,
- most brutish,
- wicked,
- more brutish,
- more wolfish,
- un-civilized,
- monstrous,
- un couth,
- un-couth,
- un-cultured.
- flippest,
- on outs,
- have in for,
- more battling,
- have chip shoulder,
- most battling,
- have it for,
- flip,
- have chip on shoulder,
- have bone to pick,
- hot tempered,
- have bone pick,
- have a bone pick.
- abusive,
- intimidating,
- cross,
- brutal,
- invective,
- antagonistic,
- obstreperous,
- bullying,
- sullen,
- opprobrious,
- terrorizing,
- Cowing,
- bad-tempered,
- frightening,
- Browbeating,
- violent,
- vituperative,
- terrifying,
- contumelious.
- more cussed,
- more hawkish,
- most fireeating,
- fire eating,
- more trigger happy,
- most gladiatorial,
- most cussed,
- strenuous,
- trigger-happy,
- most hawkish,
- most ructious,
- more triggerhappy,
- more gladiatorial,
- more fire-eating,
- triggerhappy,
- most fire eating,
- fireeating,
- more fire eating,
- most trigger-happy,
- most triggerhappy,
- more trigger-happy,
- more ructious,
- most trigger happy,
- more fireeating,
- most fire-eating.
- untamed,
- un-tamed,
- murderous,
- un-merciful,
- most tigerish,
- un-restrained,
- un merciful,
- feller,
- most ravening,
- more tigerish,
- un tamed,
- more ravening,
- fellest.
- venomous,
- in-tensest,
- tumultoustumultuous,
- most howling,
- most flipped,
- un-controllable,
- in-tenser,
- in-tense,
- in tense,
- tumultous-tumultuous,
- in tenser,
- un controllable,
- more flipped,
- tumultous tumultuous,
- howling,
- raging,
- apest,
- more howling,
- Flipped,
- enraged.
- more contending,
- re solute,
- un beatable,
- dis putative,
- more disputative,
- more tilting,
- most disputative,
- re-solute,
- most brawling,
- more skirmishing,
- more brawling,
- more boxing,
- un-beatable,
- more jingoistic,
- most boxing,
- more jousting,
- ready fight,
- most jingoistic,
- most jousting,
- more sparring,
- most tilting,
- most skirmishing,
- more wrestling,
- more warmongering,
- up arms,
- most wrestling,
- most warmongering,
- most fencing,
- dis-putative,
- more fencing,
- fencing,
- most contending,
- most sparring.
- fore boding,
- un yielding,
- un-yielding,
- stern,
- splenetic,
- in tractable,
- more splenetic,
- fore-boding,
- most splenetic,
- in-tractable,
- more scowling,
- most crabbed,
- in-exorable,
- forbidding,
- un relenting,
- un-relenting,
- most glowering,
- most scowling,
- in exorable,
- grisly,
- more glowering,
- more foreboding,
- most foreboding.
- dis courteous,
- more bearish,
- illnatured,
- un mannerly,
- most bearish,
- gruff,
- dis-courteous,
- un-mannerly,
- un-gracious,
- ill natured,
- un gracious.
- badtempered,
- dis-satisfied,
- most pettish,
- grumbling,
- more pettish,
- most griping,
- more griping,
- dis satisfied,
- bad tempered.
- un sympathetic,
- un-kinder,
- cold blooded,
- un-kind,
- un kind,
- remorseless,
- un compassionate,
- un feeling,
- in-humane,
- un kindest,
- in humane,
- un-compassionate,
- un kinder,
- most inhuman,
- un-kindest.
- more combating,
- self assertive,
- most assertory,
- more assertory,
- self-assertive,
- selfassertive,
- most combating.
- dissentious,
- in arms,
- brutish,
- under arms,
- vituperatory,
- bearish,
- tigerish,
- scrappy,
- flipper,
- at loggerheads,
- pugnacious,
- Ferine,
- warrer,
- grumpy,
- fire-eating,
- militant,
- demoniac,
- scurrilous,
- vituperous,
- pettish,
- gladiatorial,
- ructious,
- fighting,
- have a bone to pick,
- have for,
- wolfish,
- savage,
- belligerent,
- fierce,
- ready to fight,
- on the outs,
- coldblooded,
- hottempered,
- aper,
- slashing,
- hawkish,
- jousting,
- mordacious,
- have it in for,
- ugly,
- inhumane,
- defiant,
- disputative,
- Assertory,
- grim,
- cat-and-dog,
- noncompliant,
- feisty,
- ferocious,
- warmongering,
- barbarous,
- quarrelsome,
- jingoistic,
- warlike,
- ravening.
- more cat and dog,
- more dissentious,
- most dissentious,
- most cat and dog,
- most cat-and-dog,
- warrest,
- cat and dog,
- more cat-and-dog.
n.
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•
- volatile,
- contrarian.
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- contentious,
- attack.
Other synonyms:
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- astringent,
- contrary,
- stinging,
- ornery,
- shrewish,
- snippy,
- acidic,
- cantankerous.
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- vicious.
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- sharp.
How to use "Truculent" in context?
Truculent is a hard word to define. For one, it has a sense of anger or hostility. For another, it has a hostile, fierce or brilliant nature. It is also a word that describes someone or something that is fearless, unafraid and aggressive.
Some people might use the word to describe a dog that is highly protective of its owner or territory. This can be seen as a positive trait, as it shows that the dog is fiercely loyal. Further, a Truculent animal is less likely to back down in a confrontation and will be harder to intimidate.
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