truculent
/TRUK-yuh-lunt/adjectiveeager to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
“A truculent witness answered in monosyllables.”
- Synonyms
- belligerent, combative, defiant
- Antonyms
- cooperative, amiable
- Memory hook
- trux (savage): spoiling for the scrap.
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