truculence

Musk reacted to McCormick’s ruling with characteristic truculence.

Perhaps what the Panthers need is a few more bounces and a little less truculence.

At an event in Rochester, N.H., later on Thursday, Mr. DeSantis flashed a hint of truculence after a reporter asked him about Mr. Trump’s claim that he could fix the country’s problems in six months.

One can consider DeSantis’s dislikes admirable but still wonder: Do most Republicans, does the nation, want another president defined by truculence?

While Bobby knew of Jackie’s reputation for truculence and tolerated him nevertheless, he was careful not to include him in all areas of his life, knowing instinctively when Beers wouldn’t be welcomed by others.