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truculence
noun as in fight
noun as in belligerence
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- abhorrence
- aggression
- animosity
- animus
- antipathy
- aversion
- bellicoseness
- bellicosity
- belligerency
- bitterness
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- detestation
- disaffection
- enmity
- estrangement
- grudge
- hatred
- hostility
- malevolence
- malice
- militance
- militancy
- opposition
- pugnacity
- rancor
- resentment
- spite
- spleen
- truculency
- unfriendliness
- venom
- virulence
- war
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noun as in cruelty
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- animality
- barbarism
- barbarity
- bestiality
- bloodthirstiness
- brutality
- callousness
- coarseness
- coldness
- depravity
- despotism
- ferocity
- fierceness
- heartlessness
- inhumanity
- insensibility
- insensitiveness
- malice
- malignity
- masochism
- mercilessness
- murderousness
- persecution
- rancor
- ruthlessness
- sadism
- savageness
- savagery
- severity
- spite
- spitefulness
- torture
- truculency
- unfeelingness
- unkindness
- venom
- viciousness
- wickedness
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Example Sentences
As Hart writes, “Nike was a place where raw ambition was celebrated and Capriotti found himself at home among even the most truculent executives.”
There was a hint of truculence when challenged to be specific on policy.
High cheek bones and prominent maxillary muscles enhanced the truculence indicated by his chin.
You are not to be improved by the piety of his expression, nor disgusted by its truculence.
Rome had been roused to unwonted fury, and the truculence of the rebels was matched by the cruelty of their masters.
"I've got to go back to Hampton," repeated Ditmar, with a suggestion of truculence that took his friend aback.
The earlier Reviewers were discreditably savage on women-writers, and Lady Morgan had her share of their truculence.
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On this page you'll find 136 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to truculence, such as: aggression, aggressiveness, attack, backbone, bellicoseness, and bellicosity.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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