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What is the adjective for balks?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs balk and baulk which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

balky
  1. Refusing to proceed or cooperate.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. recalcitrant, refractory, intractable, disobedient, rebellious, wilful, wayward, contrary, contumacious, insubordinate, unruly, defiant, ungovernable, froward, unmanageable, willful, obstreperous, obstinate, rebel, perverse, untoward, incompliant, restive, recusant, stubborn, unbending, inflexible, ornery, immovable, unpredictable, negative, negativistic, averse, indisposed, loath, reluctant, difficult, uncooperative, bolshie, uncontrollable, headstrong, fractious, mutinous, unyielding, obdurate, undisciplined, awkward, stroppy, disorderly, pigheaded … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A student assistant with computing skills can help with restarting a balky workstation or writing a Web page.”
      “Guerciotti's cyclo-cross models were especially sought after, thoroughbreds in a field of balky, unwieldy CX beasts.”
      “Original consumer models were bulky and balky, user-friendly only if the user was a technogeek.”
baulky
  1. Alternative spelling of balky
baulkier
  1. comparative form of baulky: more baulky
baulkiest
  1. superlative form of baulky: most baulky
balked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of balk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cringed, flinched, recoiled, blenched, quailed, started, shrank, shrunk, shrunken, dodged, shirked, faltered, shuddered, shied, cowered, quaked, quoke, demurred, swerved, ducked, reeled, flinched from, recoiled from, pulled back, drew back, drawn back, winced, bucked, squinched, wavered, trembled, baulked, jerked, jolted, jumped, twitched, shivered, quivered, squirmed, reacted, jumped back, shrunk back, reared, shaken, shook, shrank back, shrunken back, taken fright, took fright, blanched … more
balking
  1. present participle of balk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cringing, flinching, recoiling, blenching, quailing, starting, shrinking, dodging, shirking, faltering, shuddering, shying, cowering, quaking, demurring, swerving, ducking, reeling, flinching from, recoiling from, pulling back, drawing back, wincing, bucking, squinching, wavering, trembling, baulking, jerking, jolting, jumping, quivering, shivering, squirming, shaking, twitching, rearing, taking fright, reacting, jumping back, shrinking back, blanching, crouching, getting cold feet, shying away, grimacing, jibbing, turning, scowling, gasping … more
baulked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of baulk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. frustrated, thwarted, hindered, foiled, impeded, checked, obstructed, prevented, blocked, hampered, stymied, stopped, inhibited, baffled, cramped, forestalled, scotched, defeated, balked, fettered, scuppered, halted, barred, derailed, hamstrung, hamstringed, beat, beaten, dashed, circumvented, hobbled, ruined, spoiled, spoilt, crushed, stifled, crippled, arrested, countered, overcame, overcome, discomfited, precluded, snookered, crimped, prohibited, checkmated, disappointed, stumped, outwitted … more
baulking
  1. present participle of baulk
  2. Synonyms:
      3. frustrating, thwarting, hindering, foiling, impeding, checking, obstructing, preventing, blocking, hampering, stymieing, stopping, inhibiting, baffling, cramping, forestalling, scotching, defeating, balking, fettering, scuppering, halting, barring, derailing, hamstringing, beating, dashing, circumventing, hobbling, ruining, spoiling, crushing, stifling, crippling, arresting, countering, overcoming, discomfiting, precluding, snookering, crimping, prohibiting, checkmating, disappointing, stumping, outwitting, banjaxing, negating, licking, forbidding … more
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