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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. defiantly aggressive;
- Example: "a truculent speech against the new government"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Truculent \Tru"cu*lent\, a. [L. truculentus, fr. trux, gen.
   trucis, wild, fierce: cf. F. truculent.]
   1. Fierce; savage; ferocious; barbarous; as, the truculent
      inhabitants of Scythia. --Ray.
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   2. Cruel; destructive; ruthless.
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            More or less truculent plagues.       --Harvey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

truculent
    adj 1: defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new
           government"