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Truculent

[trŭk'-yə-lənt]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: Comes from Latin truculentus (“savage”)

1. Savage or cruel

2. Defiant, quick to fight

Examples of Truculent in a sentence

Their truculent attack on my blog post was completely without merit.

A truculent kitten started a fight with another kitten.

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