balking
121defensive — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. protective, protecting, defending, shielding, guarding, safeguarding, warding off, watchful, wary, guarded, preventive, averting, forestalling, foiling, balking, arresting, checking, frustrating, thwarting, opposing,… …
122disinclined — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unwilling, reluctant, balking, hesitant; see reluctant , unwilling . See Synonym Study at reluctant . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unwilling, reluctant, loath, averse, indisposed, opposed, resistant, hesitant. ANT …
123hesitant — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Doubtful] Syn. vacilLating, wavering, irresolute, indecisive; see doubtful 2 , reluctant . 2. [Slow] Syn. delaying, faltering, reluctant, disinclined; see reluctant , slow 2 , unwilling . See Synonym Study at reluctant …
124balk — {{11}}balk (n.) O.E. balca ridge, bank, from or influenced by O.N. balkr ridge of land, especially between two plowed furrows, both from P.Gmc. *balkan , *belkan (Cf. O.S. balko, Dan. bjelke, O.Fris. balka, O.H.G. balcho, Ger. Balken beam, rafter …
125balk — [[t]bɔ͟ːlk, AM bɔ͟ːk[/t]] balks, balking, balked also baulk VERB If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen. [V at n] Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments... Last October the bank… …
126frustration — n. Disappointment, defeat, balking, foiling, baffling, circumvention, check, thwarting, bringing to nought …
127disinclined — adj Disinclined, indisposed, hesitant, reluctant, loath, averse mean manifesting neither the will nor the desire to do or to have anything to do with something indicated or understood. Disinclined implies a lack of taste or inclination for… …
128inscrutable — *mysterious, arcane Analogous words: profound, abysmal, *deep: baffling, balking, thwarting, frustrating, foiling (see FRUSTRATE): hidden, concealed, secreted (see HIDE): enigmatic, cryptic, dark, *obscure, vague: mystifying, perplexing, puzzling …
