TRUCULENCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness

Synonyms:

truculence; truculency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("truculency" is a kind of...):

aggressiveness; belligerence; pugnacity (a natural disposition to be hostile)

Derivation:

truculent (defiantly aggressive)

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