truculentadjective
uk/ˈtrʌk.jə.lənt/us/ˈtrʌk.jə.lənt/unpleasant and likely to argue a lot:
a truculent teenager
He was truculent and difficult to deal with.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- fractious
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- peppery
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- surly
- touchy
- wear thin idiom
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truculence
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/us/ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/
truculently
adverb uk/ˈtrʌk.jə.lənt.li/us/ˈtrʌk.jə.lənt.li/