Synonyms for truculence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : truhk-yuh-luhnt, troo-kyuh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrʌk yə lənt, ˈtru kyə- |
Top 10 synonyms for truculence Other synonyms for the word truculence
- bad blood
- barbarism
- barbarity
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerence
- belligerency
- bestiality
- bitterness
- bloodthirstiness
- boldness
- brutality
- brutishness
- callousness
- coarseness
- coldness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- depravity
- despotism
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- ferocity
- fiendishness
- fierceness
- gameness
- grudge
- hard-heartedness
- hardihood
- hatred
- heartlessness
- hostility
- ill will
- inhumanity
- inimicality
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malevolence
- malice
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- mettle
- militance
- militancy
- murderousness
- opposition
- persecution
- pluck
- pugnaciousness
- pugnacity
- rancor
- resentment
- resistance
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- savagery
- severity
- spirit
- spite
- spitefulness
- spleen
- torture
- truculency
- unfeelingness
- unfriendliness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- virulence
- war
- warpath
- wickedness
Définition of truculence
Origin :- 1540s, from Latin truculentus "fierce, savage," from trux (genitive trucis) "fierce, wild."
- noun fight
- noun belligerence
- noun cruelty
- At the same time there was not a suspicion of truculence or even repulse in his carriage.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- You are not to be improved by the piety of his expression, nor disgusted by its truculence.
- Extract from : « Lectures on Landscape » by John Ruskin
- But away from their control some deeds of truculence occurred.
- Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein
- It would be fatal at this point to show weakness or truculence.
- Extract from : « The Comings of Cousin Ann » by Emma Speed Sampson
- Stonor shook hands with him, affecting not to notice the signs of truculence.
- Extract from : « The Woman from Outside » by Hulbert Footner
- Before it, the assumption of truculence on Spofford's features faded.
- Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche
- I do pray you to pardon the truculence of that carnivorous comparison.
- Extract from : « Barren Honour: A Novel » by George A. Lawrence
- I had a printed document from them, which was severe to the point of truculence.
- Extract from : « The New Gulliver and Other Stories » by Barry Pain
- Friends will be those who can be cowed into truculence or bought.
- Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry
- Even in his gaiety there was an unpleasant spice of greed and truculence.
- Extract from : « A Book of Scoundrels » by Charles Whibley
Antonyms for truculence
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