Synonyms of truculent

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truculent

adjective

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1

as in aggressive

feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

die-hard fans who became truculent and violent after their team's loss

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• militant
• hostile
• irritable
• belligerent
• contentious
• pugnacious
• bellicose
• assaultive
• combative
• confrontational
• feisty
• warlike
• ugly
• quarrelsome
• acidic
• fierce
• argumentative
• disputatious
• savage
• agonistic
• scrappy
• chippy
• vicious
• rude
• gladiatorial
• brawly
• antagonistic
• discordant
• petulant
• irascible
• querulous
• peevish
• ornery
• surly
• fretful
• snappish
• disagreeable
• fractious
• fighting
• bilious
• cross
• waspish
• dyspeptic
• grouchy
• grumpy
• choleric
• testy
• stroppy
• warring
• bristly
• hot-tempered
• crabby
• ill-tempered
• huffy
• on the warpath
• ill-humored
• pettish
• prickly
• cranky
• ill-natured
• touchy
• battling
• bearish
• snappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceable
• nonaggressive
• amiable
• unwarlike
• nonbelligerent
• peaceful
• affable
• complaisant
• benevolent
• conciliatory
• pacific
• friendly
• pleasant
• genial
• uncontentious
• cordial
• easygoing
• obliging
• gracious
• ingratiating
• amicable
• sociable
• kindhearted
• antimilitarist
• calm
• gentle
• good-natured
• mild
• quiet
• uncombative
• serene
• unbelligerent
• benign
• good-tempered
• tranquil
• anti-imperialist
• kindly
• relaxed

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• peaceable
• nonaggressive
• amiable
• unwarlike
• nonbelligerent
• peaceful
• affable
• complaisant
• benevolent
• conciliatory
• pacific
• friendly
• pleasant
• genial
• uncontentious
• cordial
• easygoing
• obliging
• gracious
• ingratiating
• amicable
• sociable
• kindhearted
• antimilitarist
• calm
• gentle
• good-natured
• mild
• quiet
• uncombative
• serene
• unbelligerent
• benign
• good-tempered
• tranquil
• anti-imperialist
• kindly
• relaxed

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2

as in abusive

marked by harsh insulting language

a theater critic who was notorious for his titanically truculent reviews

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abusive
• vituperative
• outrageous
• insulting
• vitriolic
• obscene
• scurrilous
• outraging
• malicious
• opprobrious
• offensive
• invective
• nasty
• contumelious
• hateful
• dirty
• filthy
• contemptuous
• foulmouthed
• disdainful
• vulgar
• scornful
• vituperatory
• spiteful
• affronting
• offending
• crude
• malevolent
• indecent
• coarse
• scurrile
• scurril
• potty-mouthed
• gross
• intemperate
• slanderous
• scandalous
• libelous
• foul
• unbridled
• defamatory
• immoderate
• unrestrained
• libellous
• maligning
• vilifying
• traducing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deferential
• moderate
• polite
• temperate
• respectful
• courteous
• civil
• gracious
• judicious
• tempered
• mannerly
• laudatory
• discreet
• praiseful
• encomiastic
• laudative

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• deferential
• moderate
• polite
• temperate
• respectful
• courteous
• civil
• gracious
• judicious
• tempered
• mannerly
• laudatory
• discreet
• praiseful
• encomiastic
• laudative

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3

as in brutal

having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others

played the role of a disturbed and truculent villain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brutal
• vicious
• cruel
• savage
• ruthless
• ferocious
• murderous
• merciless
• sadistic
• barbarous
• brute
• heartless
• barbaric
• fiendish
• inhuman
• oppressive
• wanton
• inhumane
• atrocious
• harsh
• hateful
• pitiless
• malicious
• butcherly
• spiteful
• bloodthirsty
• vindictive
• grim
• unfeeling
• malevolent
• hard-hearted
• fell
• malignant
• sanguinary
• cutthroat
• red in tooth and claw
• sanguine
• malign
• catty
• draconian
• ironhearted
• nasty
• despiteful
• stonyhearted
• mean
• draconic
• heavy-handed
• hardhanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathetic
• benign
• kind
• benignant
• kindhearted
• compassionate
• tenderhearted
• humane
• good-hearted
• warm
• warmhearted
• lenient
• merciful
• tender
• pitying
• peaceable
• charitable
• clement
• peaceful
• pacific

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• sympathetic
• benign
• kind
• benignant
• kindhearted
• compassionate
• tenderhearted
• humane
• good-hearted
• warm
• warmhearted
• lenient
• merciful
• tender
• pitying
• peaceable
• charitable
• clement
• peaceful
• pacific

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