Word meaning
truculent
adjective · TRUK-yuh-lent
What does truculent mean?
Truculent means eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
Truculent in a sentence
“The truculent customer refused to leave.”
Synonyms for truculent
- belligerent
- combative
- hostile
How to remember truculent
- Say it out loud a few times: TRUK-yuh-lent.
- Write one sentence of your own using truculent, about something that happened to you today.
- Quiz yourself tomorrow, in three days, and next week. Spaced reviews are what make new words stick.
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