truculence
pronunciation
How to pronounce truculence in British English:
UK ['trʌkjələns]
How to pronounce truculence in American English:
US [ˈtrʌkjələns]
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- Noun:
- obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
Word Origin
- truculence (n.)
- 1727, from Latin truculentia "savageness, cruelty," from truculentus (see truculent). Related: Truculency (1560s).
Example
- 1. Examples of china 's truculence as viewed from washington abound .
- 2. The whole history of their movement is one of intransigence and truculence .
- 3. It noted more " truculence " among authoritarian rulers .
- 4. Mr gates soothed relations with the top brass , the state department and congress that had been frayed by his predecessor 's truculence .
- 5. Public hostility to free trade has risen , and has been matched by growing political truculence , notes the report of a task force of trade experts organised by the council on foreign relations .