Savage Vocab

I had a dream last night in which an older gentlemen whom I didn't quite care for used the word truculent, and nobody knew what it meant. So I enthusiastically assured him I would bring it back. So, even though I didn't take too kindly to the dude, a promise is a promise (as my sister used to say). Here's the gist. I think it's a good word for today. Or any day you're feeling emotionally assaulted.

truc u lent
[truhk-yuh-luhnt, troo-kyuh-]

–adjective

1. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.

2. brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work.

3. aggressively hostile; belligerent.

(from Dictionary.com)