truculent
/ˈtɹʌk.jə.lənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "The truculent soldiers gave us a steely-eyed stare."
- "She really was a most charming girl, and might have passed for a captive fairy, whom that truculent Ogre, Old Barley, had pressed into his service."
- "His face was very truculent, grey and massive, with black cavernous nostrils and circled by a scanty white fur."
- "In her turn, Helen Burns asked me to explain, and I proceeded forthwith to pour out, in my own way, the tale of my sufferings and resentments. Bitter and truculent when excited, I spoke as I felt, without reserve or softening."
- "Rokoff assumed a truculent air, attempting by bravado to show how little he feared Tarzan’s threats."
- "She might pity herself, but he must not pity her. She did not want any quarrel; she blamed him for wanting one, but she could not help assuming a truculent attitude."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *twerḱ-, -, truculentus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹʌk.jə.lənt/
- British English: /ˈtɹʌk.jʊ.lənt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more truculent (comparative)
most truculent (superlative)