truculence C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/ See IPA manual Freq #300063 Meanings 1 noun The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity. To these provincial autocrats, before whom the peaceable population of all classes had been accustomed to tremble, the reserve of that English-looking engineer caused an uneasiness which swung to and fro between cringing and truculence. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the state of being... aggressivenessdefianceferociousnesssavagenesstruculency Etymology From French truculence, from Latin truculentia. Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # truculence **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtrʌk.jə.ləns/ **Frequency rank:** 300063 ## Meanings 1. The state of being truculent; eagerness to fight; ferocity. ## Examples - To these provincial autocrats, before whom the peaceable population of all classes had been accustomed to tremble, the reserve of that English-looking engineer caused an uneasiness which swung to and fro between cringing and truculence. ## Synonyms - aggressiveness - defiance - ferociousness - savageness - truculency ## Etymology From French truculence, from Latin truculentia. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown