<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The quality or attitude of being aggressively hostile; belligerence: The clash has ominously deepened truculence on both sides over ongoing territorial disputes.</li><li>The new recruits both appear to have the requisite size, speed, and truculence which their coach demands from his forwards.</li><li>The quality or condition of being barbarous, cruel, or brutally harsh: Not only did the dictator manage to stay in power, but his truculence and brutality remained intact.</li></ul>