-nt adjective
Etymology: Latin truculentus, from truc-, trux wild, fierce; perhaps akin to Middle Irish tru given to death
1. : feeling or evincing savage ferocity : cruel , fierce
the fangs of these powerful truculent brutes — W.H.Hudson †1922
the swordfish … truculent and fearless — F.C.Lane
2. : possessing an inherent capacity for destruction : deadly
the sleek truculent ships steamed along blackly behind their guns — Ira Wolfert
go out and inspect the truculent bomb — Christian Science Monitor
3. : scathingly harsh : vitriolic , vituperative
a truculent document devoted mostly to vilifying — Time
when every English traveler … published a volume of truculent disparagement — V.L.Parrington
4. : aggressively self-assertive : antagonistic to compromise : belligerent , pugnacious
as truculent as a small boy who thinks his big brother can lick anybody — Time
tribute is paid to … his rather truculent skill as a negotiator — Norman MacKenzie