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truculent

[truhk-yuh-luhnt, troo-kyuh-] / ˈtrʌk yə lənt, ˈtru kyə- /


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The other students might not be as truculent as Elham, but they are just as ambivalent about the necessity of learning English.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

His truculent post-match press conference did him no favours.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

In the show, Chao plays the truculent, egoistic chef Lucy Dang.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

It’s easy to dismiss self-proclaimed “refusers” as nostalgic hippies, snooty hipsters, or truculent kids.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2023

I own that such is not known; but that indeed, the scholars of the College believed the disease was caused by the inhalation of truculent animalcula.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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