truculent - a. 잔혹한, 호전적인; 통렬한, 가차 없는

• cruel
• savage

• He became truculent in the midst of our conversation.
• In others it encourages a truculent provincialism which takes a perverse pride in stressing the peculiarity and complexities of our conflict.
• Mums love them because they make getting from A to B with a truculent toddler a positive pleasure.