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[flaming-tyger.livejournal.com]

truculent-adjective [truhk-yuh-luhnt, troo-kyuh-]
1. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
2. brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work.
3. aggressively hostile; belligerent.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/truculent

His article exposing the political scandal that had taken place was unnecessarily truculent.

Comments

[tallstablegirl.livejournal.com]

ah! goes perfect with the paper i'm writing right now. thank you!

You should read this whole poem. It's quite interesting.

[cobraqueen-22.livejournal.com]

"The wide sun stares without a cloud:
Whipped by his glances truculent
The earth lies quivering and cowed.
My heart is hot with discontent:
I hate this haggard continent."
--Arthur Adams, "Written in Australia"

[horehound3.livejournal.com]

this is one of the few words I remember learning in 9th grade english for vocab. I remembered it by thinking that trucks were fierce. Not the best way to remember...but i still remember it now, like 8 years later.