truculence

There was a hint of truculence when challenged to be specific on policy.

High cheek bones and prominent maxillary muscles enhanced the truculence indicated by his chin.

You are not to be improved by the piety of his expression, nor disgusted by its truculence.

Rome had been roused to unwonted fury, and the truculence of the rebels was matched by the cruelty of their masters.

"I've got to go back to Hampton," repeated Ditmar, with a suggestion of truculence that took his friend aback.

The earlier Reviewers were discreditably savage on women-writers, and Lady Morgan had her share of their truculence.