- truculency
- nounobstreperous and defiant aggressiveness• Syn: ↑truculence• Derivationally related forms: ↑truculent, ↑truculent (for: ↑truculence)• Hypernyms: ↑aggressiveness, ↑belligerence, ↑pugnacity
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truculency
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truculency — index brutality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Truculency — Truculence Tru cu*lence, Truculency Tru cu*len*cy, n. [L. truculentia.] The quality or state of being truculent; savageness of manners; ferociousness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truculency — noun Date: 1569 truculence … New Collegiate Dictionary
truculency — noun truculence … Wiktionary
truculency — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, mili tance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence. See ATTACK. 2.… … English dictionary for students
truculency — n. ferocity, cruelty, harshness … English contemporary dictionary
truculency — n. See truculence … New dictionary of synonyms
truculency — trucu·len·cy … English syllables
truculence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, mili tance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculency. See ATTACK. 2.… … English dictionary for students
bellicoseness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Warlike or hostile attitude or nature: bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, hostility, militance, militancy, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See ATTACK. 2. The… … English dictionary for students
