Dictionary Definition
truculence n : obstreperous and defiant
aggressiveness [syn: truculency]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The state of being truculent.
Synonyms
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abruptness, aggression, aggressiveness, animality, antagonism, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, bearishness, beastliness, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness,
bloody-mindedness, bluntness, boorishness, brashness, brusqueness, brusquerie, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, chauvinism, churlishness, combativeness, contentiousness,
cruelness, cruelty, crustiness, curtness, ferociousness, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, fight, gruffness, harshness, hostility, inhumaneness, inhumanity, jingoism, martialism, militancy, militarism, nastiness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness,
roughness, ruthlessness, saber
rattling, sadism,
sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness,
savagery, severity, sharpness, shortness, surliness, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, vandalism, viciousness, violence, wanton cruelty,
warmongering,
warpath