truculent

1. 1.

   defiantly aggressive

   “a truculent speech against the new government”

   Similaraggressive

Questions about truculent

What does truculent mean?

truculent means "defiantly aggressive".

How many syllables are in truculent?

truculent has 3 syllables: truc-u-lent. The stress falls on "truc". In IPA it is /ˈtɹʌkjələnt/.

Is truculent a common word?

truculent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.