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[syn: truculence, truculency]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
truculence
n 1: obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness [syn: truculence,
truculency]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "truculence":
abruptness, aggression, aggressiveness, animality, antagonism,
atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, bearishness, beastliness,
bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bestiality,
bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness,
bloody-mindedness, bluntness, boorishness, brashness, brusqueness,
brusquerie, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism,
chauvinism, churlishness, combativeness, contentiousness,
cruelness, cruelty, crustiness, curtness, ferociousness, ferocity,
fiendishness, fierceness, fight, gruffness, harshness, hostility,
inhumaneness, inhumanity, jingoism, martialism, militancy,
militarism, nastiness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness,
roughness, ruthlessness, saber rattling, sadism, sadistic cruelty,
sanguineousness, savagery, severity, sharpness, shortness,
surliness, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, vandalism, viciousness,
violence, wanton cruelty, warmongering, warpath