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Chariot Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

truculent

0What is the difference between truculent, belligerent, aggressive? I checked a few dictioaries. But i wasn't able to figure out the difference. Thanks for your help.0-
  

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0 Truculent has several meanings, including the above. Hudson died 1922> <the swordfish ... Lane>02br 02br 01b 00202b 00 01b 00:02b 00 possessing an inherent capacity for destruction 01b 00: 01a 00DEADLY02a 02b 00<the sleek 01i 00truculent02i 00 ships steamed along blackly behind their guns -- Ira Wolfert> <go out and inspect the 01i 00truculent02i 00 bomb -- 01i 00Christian Science Monitor02i 00>02br 02br 01b 00302b 00 01b 00:02b 00 scathingly harsh 01b 00: 01a 00VITRIOLIC02a 00, 01a 00VITUPERATIVE02a 02b 00<a 01i 00truculent02i 00 document devoted mostly to vilifying -- 01i 00Time02i 00> <when every English traveler ...

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 Truculent has several meanings, including the above.
  • Hudson died 1922> <the swordfish ...
  • Lane>02br 02br 01b 00202b 00 01b 00:02b 00 possessing an inherent capacity for destruction 01b 00: 01a 00DEADLY02a 02b 00<the sleek 01i 00truculent02i 00 ships steamed along blackly behind their guns -- Ira Wolfert> <go out and inspect the 01i 00truculent02i 00 bomb -- 01i 00Christian Science Monitor02i 00>02br 02br 01b 00302b 00 01b 00:02b 00 scathingly harsh 01b 00: 01a 00VITRIOLIC02a 00, 01a 00VITUPERATIVE02a 02b 00<a 01i 00truculent02i 00 document devoted mostly to vilifying -- 01i 00Time02i 00> <when every English traveler ...
  • Parrington>02br 02br 01b 00402b 00 01b 00:02b 00 aggressively self-assertive 01b 00:02b 00 antagonistic to compromise 01b 00: 01a 00BELLIGERENT02a 00, 01a 00PUGNACIOUS02a 02b 00<as 01i 00truculent02i 00 as a small boy who thinks his big brother can lick anybody -- 01i 00Time02i 00> <tribute is paid to ...
  • his rather 01i 00truculent02i 00 skill as a negotiator -- Norman MacKenzie>02br 05000 02br 00------- 0240
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0 Truculent has several meanings, including the above. See examples: 02br
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01b00102b00 01b00:02b00 feeling or evincing savage ferocity 01b00: 01a
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01font00truculent (01i00adj.02i00)02font02td
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