truculent
11Truculent — Trulucent bezeichnet als HMS Truculent mehrere Kriegsschiffe der britischen Royal Navy, so: HMS Truculent (1916), einen Zerstörer der Yarrow Klasse. HMS Truculent (P315), ein U Boot der Taciturn Klasse Diese Seite ist eine …
12truculent — truc•u•lent [[t]ˈtrʌk yə lənt, ˈtru kyə [/t]] adj. 1) aggressively hostile; belligerent: a truculent attitude[/ex] 2) brutally harsh; scathing: truculent criticism[/ex] 3) fierce; savagely brutal • Etymology: 1530–40; < L truculentus=truc , s …
13truculent — adjective Etymology: Latin truculentus, from truc , trux savage; perhaps akin to Middle Irish trú doomed person Date: circa 1540 1. feeling or displaying ferocity ; cruel, savage 2. deadly, destructive 3. scathingly harsh ; vitriolic < …
14truculent — truculence, truculency, n. truculently, adv. /truk yeuh leuhnt, trooh kyeuh /, adj. 1. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal. 2. brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work. 3. aggressively hostile; belligerent. [1530 40; <… …
15truculent — adjective /ˈtrʌkjʊlənt/ a) Of things or persons that are cruel or savage When we were touring on a riverboat near Dandong, the truculent North Korean soldiers from the other side of the river gave us a steely eyed death stare. b) Deadly or… …
16truculent — truc|u|lent [ˈtrʌkjulənt] adj literary [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: truculentus, from trux fierce ] bad tempered and always willing to argue with people ▪ a truculent attitude >truculently adv >truculence n [U] …
17truculent — [[t]trʌ̱kjʊlənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is truculent, you mean that they are bad tempered and aggressive. Syn: belligerent Derived words: truculence [[t]trʌ̱kjʊləns[/t]] N UNCOUNT Your secretary said you d be wanting a cleaner,… …
18truculent — adjective bad tempered and always willing to argue with people: Most people resented his truculent manner. truculently adverb truculence noun (U) …
19truculent — adjective a number of staffers have complained that Wilson is too truculent to work with Syn: defiant, aggressive, antagonistic, combative, belligerent, pugnacious, confrontational, ready for a fight, obstreperous, argumentative, quarrelsome,… …
20TRUCULENT, ENTE — adj. Qui est violent, excessif, haut en couleur. Un style truculent. Certaines figures de Jordaëns sont truculentes. Une trogne truculente …
