truhk yə lənt
adjective
1. extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight.
example: The prisoner’s truculent attitude made a bad impression on the parole board.
2. savagely and fiercely cruel or harsh; brutal.
example from literature: On the other hand, if a murderous brute with truculent eyes and gnashing teeth attempts to disembowel me with a butcher’s knife, the instinct of self-preservation comes out in all its old original ferocity, inspiring the heart with such implacable fury that after spilling his blood I could spurn his loathsome carcass with my foot. (W.H. Hudson, The Purple Land)