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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness;
[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