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truculent

How many syllables in truculent?

  3 syllables

Divide truculent into syllables:   truc-u-lent
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Synonyms for truculent


2 syllables
  • churlish
  • hostile
  • sullen
  • fractious
  • sulky
  • surly
3 syllables
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