What is another word for balking?
820 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ bˈɔːlkɪŋ], [ bˈɔːlkɪŋ], [ b_ˈɔː_l_k_ɪ_ŋ]
Balking refers to hesitating or refusing to proceed with a certain action or task. Some synonyms for this behavior might include resisting, recoiling, shying away, flinching, or faltering. These words all suggest a sense of fear, doubt, or uncertainty that can cause us to hesitate or second-guess ourselves. Other synonyms for balking might include procrastination, prevarication, or equivocation, which describe a more deliberate avoidance or delay of a certain activity or decision. Whether we're balking out of fear or indecision, it's important to recognize the factors underlying this behavior if we hope to overcome it and make progress toward our goals.
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Synonyms for Balking:
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adj.
• defensive • all • disinclined- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- dis inclined ,
- dis-inclined ,
- in disposed ,
- in-disposed ,
- more objecting ,
- more protesting ,
- more shying ,
- more sticking ,
- more uneager ,
- most objecting ,
- most protesting ,
- most shying ,
- most sticking ,
- most uneager ,
- not in mood ,
- not mood ,
- not the mood ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-testing ,
- un eager ,
- un sympathetic ,
- un-eager ,
- un-sympathetic .
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v.
• hesitating Other relevant words:
- abandon ,
- accede ,
- adjust ,
- agree ,
- allow ,
- amex ,
- antipathetic ,
- antipathetical ,
- apprehend ,
- apprehension ,
- arrange ,
- ascendance ,
- ascendancy ,
- ascendence ,
- ascendency ,
- ascertain ,
- assay ,
- assure ,
- auction block ,
- averse ,
- awkward ,
- bachelor of arts in nursing ,
- back ,
- back out ,
- backtrack ,
- backwardness ,
- backwards ,
- baffle ,
- baleful ,
- band ,
- banish ,
- banishment ,
- bank check ,
- barricade ,
- barroom ,
- beamy ,
- befuddlement ,
- behind ,
- bemusement ,
- bent ,
- bewilderment ,
- bilk ,
- blackball ,
- blank out ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- boring ,
- bow ,
- bowl over ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- bridle ,
- broken ,
- browning automatic rifle ,
- buckle under ,
- bullet-headed ,
- busy ,
- busybodied ,
- cake ,
- cast out ,
- casual ,
- catch ,
- cave in ,
- cease ,
- cease and desist order ,
- cede ,
- censor ,
- chase away ,
- chasteness ,
- check into ,
- check mark ,
- check off ,
- check out ,
- check over ,
- check up on ,
- check-out procedure ,
- checker ,
- checkout ,
- cheque ,
- chequer ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- chit ,
- choke up ,
- chuck up the sponge ,
- circle ,
- city block ,
- close up ,
- closure ,
- coherent ,
- coif ,
- coiffe ,
- coiffure ,
- collapse ,
- collar ,
- command ,
- condition ,
- confirmation ,
- confused ,
- congeal ,
- conk out ,
- conscientious ,
- constraint ,
- contain ,
- contrary ,
- control condition ,
- controller ,
- cop ,
- correct ,
- correspond ,
- countersink ,
- cower ,
- crack ,
- crawfish ,
- crawfish out ,
- crawl ,
- creep ,
- crippled ,
- cross ,
- cube ,
- curb bit ,
- curing ,
- cursory ,
- curtail ,
- cussed ,
- cut back ,
- cylinder block ,
- dapper ,
- dark ,
- dawdle ,
- dawdler ,
- deadening ,
- deaf ,
- debar ,
- decelerate ,
- deceleration ,
- defensive attitude ,
- defer ,
- define ,
- deflect ,
- deliver ,
- dense ,
- derangement ,
- detain ,
- determine ,
- determined ,
- deterrent ,
- dictated ,
- die ,
- diligent ,
- dim ,
- discipline ,
- discomfit ,
- discompose ,
- discomposure ,
- disconcert ,
- disconcertion ,
- disconcertment ,
- discontinue ,
- disobliging ,
- disorder ,
- disordered ,
- dispel ,
- dispense with ,
- disquieted ,
- dissatisfactory ,
- distressed ,
- disturb ,
- disturbance ,
- disturbed ,
- dodging ,
- dogmatical ,
- dominance ,
- double back ,
- dour ,
- draw a blank ,
- draw back ,
- dress ,
- drive away ,
- drive off ,
- drive out ,
- drone ,
- drop by the wayside ,
- drop off ,
- drop out ,
- dull ,
- dumb ,
- ease up ,
- easy ,
- edgy ,
- effulgent ,
- electric resistance ,
- electrical resistance ,
- elusive ,
- embarrass ,
- encumbrance ,
- engine block ,
- enhancer ,
- enjoinment ,
- ensure ,
- exclude ,
- exercise set ,
- expectancy ,
- expectation ,
- extenuation ,
- fail ,
- fall behind ,
- fall by the wayside ,
- fall in ,
- falter ,
- fanatic ,
- fawn ,
- feebleminded ,
- fillet ,
- find out ,
- fit ,
- fix ,
- fixed ,
- forbidden ,
- forego ,
- forfeit ,
- forget ,
- forgo ,
- founder ,
- free ,
- freeze ,
- froward ,
- fructify ,
- frustrate ,
- frustrative ,
- funk ,
- gallant ,
- game ,
- gear up ,
- get ,
- get even ,
- get the better of ,
- gibe ,
- gimpy ,
- ginmill ,
- give ,
- give out ,
- glad ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- go ,
- go bad ,
- go down ,
- go over ,
- go under ,
- grim ,
- grovel ,
- half-witted ,
- handicap ,
- hard-boiled ,
- hard-nosed ,
- hardened ,
- hardening ,
- heavy ,
- hedge ,
- hesitation ,
- high-strung ,
- highly strung ,
- hinder ,
- hitch ,
- ho-hum ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- hold over ,
- hold up ,
- holdup ,
- hydrofoil ,
- illiberal ,
- immaterial ,
- immobilise ,
- immobilize ,
- impede ,
- impediment ,
- impedimenta ,
- incumbrance ,
- indisposed ,
- inert ,
- insure ,
- interdict ,
- interference ,
- invert ,
- jam ,
- jaunty ,
- jell ,
- jib ,
- jibe ,
- jittery ,
- jumpy ,
- justificative ,
- justificatory ,
- keep in line ,
- keep one's distance ,
- keep one's eyes off ,
- keep one's hands off ,
- kerb ,
- kibosh ,
- kick ,
- kill ,
- knock back ,
- knock over ,
- knotty ,
- knuckle under ,
- lag ,
- lagger ,
- laid ,
- lame ,
- lapse ,
- lay ,
- lay off ,
- lay out ,
- learn ,
- legal community ,
- legal profession ,
- licking ,
- limit ,
- localise ,
- localize ,
- located ,
- long ,
- look into ,
- lot ,
- lowering ,
- lug ,
- manipulate ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- master ,
- mastery ,
- match ,
- mate ,
- measure ,
- meddlesome ,
- meddling ,
- menacing ,
- mental block ,
- mental retardation ,
- minacious ,
- minatory ,
- miscarriage ,
- moderate ,
- moderation ,
- moody ,
- morose ,
- mortifying ,
- move back ,
- move over ,
- mystification ,
- nab ,
- nail ,
- natty ,
- nervy ,
- neutral ,
- niggardly ,
- obdurate ,
- obfuscation ,
- obstacle ,
- obstruct ,
- obstructer ,
- obstructive ,
- obstructor ,
- obturate ,
- obtuse ,
- occlude ,
- occlusion ,
- officious ,
- ominous ,
- operate ,
- opinionative ,
- ostracise ,
- ostracize ,
- out ,
- overcome ,
- overstrung ,
- overthrow ,
- overturn ,
- overturned ,
- painstaking ,
- palliation ,
- parry ,
- part with ,
- passing ,
- persistent ,
- perturbation ,
- perverse ,
- pick up ,
- pinch ,
- place ,
- placed ,
- plant ,
- poke ,
- pokey ,
- poky ,
- pose ,
- position ,
- postpone ,
- postponement ,
- practical ,
- pragmatic ,
- prediction ,
- prepare ,
- preventative ,
- preventive ,
- prevision ,
- primed ,
- pro forma ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- prohibited ,
- prohibition era ,
- prorogue ,
- proscribed ,
- pull away ,
- pull back ,
- pull in one's horns ,
- pulley ,
- pulley block ,
- pulley-block ,
- put ,
- put back ,
- put off ,
- put over ,
- puzzlement ,
- quail ,
- queer ,
- quit ,
- rabid ,
- radiant ,
- raffish ,
- rafter ,
- rakish ,
- readiness ,
- ready ,
- ready and waiting ,
- rearward ,
- rearwards ,
- recidivate ,
- recoil ,
- recollective ,
- recur ,
- refractory ,
- refulgent ,
- regress ,
- relapse ,
- release ,
- relegate ,
- relinquish ,
- remit ,
- renounce ,
- resign ,
- resist ,
- resistance ,
- resistivity ,
- resort ,
- restrict ,
- retard ,
- retardant ,
- retardent ,
- retentive ,
- retire ,
- retreat ,
- retrogress ,
- retrovert ,
- return ,
- reverse ,
- revert ,
- rig ,
- rigid ,
- run off ,
- saloon ,
- saturnine ,
- scotch ,
- scrimy ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- self-opinionated ,
- sensational ,
- set up ,
- seth ,
- settle ,
- shelve ,
- shoot down ,
- shrink ,
- shrinkage ,
- shun ,
- shunning ,
- shy ,
- sic ,
- simpleness ,
- simplicity ,
- sinister ,
- situated ,
- slack ,
- slacken ,
- slow down ,
- slow up ,
- slow-witted ,
- slowdown ,
- slowly ,
- slowness ,
- sluggish ,
- snappy ,
- so-so ,
- solidification ,
- solidifying ,
- sour ,
- spare ,
- specify ,
- spiffy ,
- spoil ,
- spruce ,
- squinch ,
- stage set ,
- stanch ,
- staunch ,
- stay ,
- stay away ,
- stem ,
- sticky ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- streak ,
- stripe ,
- strong-minded ,
- stuff ,
- stunning ,
- stymie ,
- stymy ,
- submit ,
- subnormality ,
- substantiation ,
- succumb ,
- superficial ,
- suppression ,
- surrender ,
- swage ,
- tab ,
- table ,
- tabu ,
- taking into custody ,
- tally ,
- taproom ,
- tardily ,
- tedious ,
- threatening ,
- throw in ,
- throw in the towel ,
- throw overboard ,
- thwart ,
- tick ,
- tick off ,
- time lag ,
- timid ,
- tip over ,
- tiresome ,
- tough ,
- trailer ,
- train ,
- transparency ,
- trouble ,
- tump over ,
- turn over ,
- turning away ,
- turnover ,
- typeset ,
- unbiased ,
- unbiassed ,
- unenviable ,
- unreformable ,
- unregenerated ,
- unrepentant ,
- unsatisfying ,
- unsure ,
- untune ,
- unyielding ,
- upsetting ,
- uptight ,
- upturned ,
- vacate ,
- verboten ,
- verification ,
- verify ,
- vote down ,
- vote out ,
- wait ,
- waive ,
- watch ,
- waver ,
- wayward ,
- wearisome ,
- wilful ,
- win back ,
- wince ,
- withdraw ,
- worried ,
- yield .
- Avoiding ,
- Bilking ,
- Boggling ,
- Checking ,
- Circumventing ,
- Clogging ,
- Debarring ,
- Defeating ,
- Defying ,
- Demurring ,
- Deterring ,
- Encumbering ,
- Evading ,
- Fending ,
- Flinching ,
- Gybing ,
- Hampering ,
- Hard-headed ,
- Intercepting ,
- Interdicting ,
- Jibbing ,
- Jibing ,
- Mitigating ,
- Obstructing ,
- Precluding ,
- Preventing ,
- Prohibiting ,
- Proscribing ,
- Qualmish ,
- Rejecting ,
- Renitent ,
- Resisting ,
- Restraining ,
- Retarding ,
- Shackling ,
- Shying ,
- Snagging ,
- Staying ,
- Stickling ,
- Tabooing ,
- Timbering ,
- Trammelling ,
- Traversing ,
- Wincing ,
- aborting ,
- abortion ,
- anticipation ,
- apathetic ,
- arrest ,
- arresting ,
- avoidance ,
- back away ,
- backward ,
- bafflement ,
- baffling ,
- balk ,
- balky ,
- ban ,
- banning ,
- bar ,
- barring ,
- baulk ,
- baulking ,
- beaming ,
- bigoted ,
- block ,
- blocking ,
- bulldogged ,
- bullheaded ,
- case-hardened ,
- check ,
- checkmate ,
- control ,
- controlling ,
- cringe ,
- curb ,
- curbing ,
- dashing ,
- debarment ,
- defeat ,
- defensive ,
- delay ,
- diffident ,
- dilatory ,
- disappointing ,
- discomfiture ,
- disconcerting ,
- disinclined ,
- dogged ,
- dogmatic ,
- embarrassing ,
- enjoining ,
- fall back ,
- fanatical ,
- fending off ,
- flinch ,
- foil ,
- foiling ,
- forbiddance ,
- forbidding ,
- forestalling ,
- frustrating ,
- frustration ,
- get back ,
- give in ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- grudging ,
- halt ,
- hardheaded ,
- headstrong ,
- hedging ,
- hesitant ,
- hindering ,
- hindrance ,
- impedance ,
- impeding ,
- indifferent ,
- inhibiting ,
- inhibition ,
- injunction ,
- interception ,
- interdiction ,
- interfering ,
- intolerant ,
- intractable ,
- laggard ,
- loath ,
- loth ,
- mitigation ,
- mulish ,
- obstinate ,
- obstruction ,
- obviation ,
- opinionated ,
- overzealous ,
- perfunctory ,
- persevering ,
- pertinacious ,
- pigheaded ,
- preclusion ,
- prevention ,
- prohibition ,
- proscription ,
- recede ,
- rein back ,
- reluctant ,
- restive ,
- restraint ,
- retardation ,
- scrupulous ,
- self-willed ,
- set ,
- set back ,
- shy of ,
- slow ,
- slowing ,
- stand back ,
- staving off ,
- stiff-necked ,
- stopping ,
- strong-willed ,
- stubborn ,
- sullen ,
- taboo ,
- tenacious ,
- thwarting ,
- turn back ,
- uncooperative ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- unregenerate ,
- upset ,
- warding off ,
- willful .
How to use "Balking" in context?
Balking is the act of raising one's foot to stop walking, typically done to avoid something hazardous.
Homophones for Balking:
- black magic, black sumac, bulginess, bologna sausage, black angus, balsamic, ball-hawking, blackening, balsaminaceae, blossoming, bellicoseness, balkanize, black music, ball hawking, bull snake, bull-snake, balkiness, bleakness, blacking, blackness, biliousness, blushing, blechnaceae, balkans, blessing, blocking, blacksnake, black moss, belching, bulkiness, bulging, balkanise, blazing.
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