truculent [adjective]: aggressive, belligerent.
Example: The agitators were truculent and unwilling to compromise.
Related words: truculence [noun], truculently [adverb]
Synonyms: aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, browbeating, combative, contentious, defiant, ferocious, fierce, hostile, militant, obstreperous, pugnacious, quarrelsome, savage, violent, contumelious, scrappy
Antonyms: accommodating, affable, amiable, complaisant, compliant, cordial, friendly, gracious, indulgent, mellow, obliging, submissive
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