truculent

英 ['trʌkjʊl(ə)nt] 美['trʊkjʊlənt]

• adj. 好斗的；野蛮的；言词刻毒的

1. defiantly aggressive;

"as truculent as a small boy who thinks his big brother can lick anybody"

2. aggressively hostile;

"a truculent speech against the new government"