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Pronunciation: [bˈɔːlkt] (IPA)

When stuck or hesitant, it's easy to feel like you've "balked." Fortunately, there are plenty of other words to convey the same idea. If you're resisting or rebuffing an idea or action, you might be "objecting," "opposing," or "denying." Similarly, if you're avoiding doing something, you could be "hesitating," "dawdling," or "faltering." Alternatively, if you're simply unsure or indecisive, you may describe yourself as "waffling," "doubting," or "wavering." Ultimately, there is always a word to suit the nuances of the exact situation you're in, providing you with plenty of options to avoid getting "stuck" and moving forward.
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Usage examples for Balked

To a man of Collingwood's temperament, being balked of the physical pleasures of revenge was worse even than the sting of the affront.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
At the first large glacier, Parker and his companion, Belmore Brown, balked, halting in front of an insignificant ice-wall.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Her team, however, consisting of a horse and a mule, when they reached deep water made a lunge, then balked.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs

Famous quotes with Balked

  • Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
    John Locke
  • Was he balked by silence? He kneeled long, And saw love in a dark crown Of thorns blazing, and a winter tree Golden with fruit of a man's body.
    R. S. Thomas
  • The initial article of the young Molinari, here translated for the first time as "The Production of Security," was the first presentation anywhere in human history of what is now called "anarcho-capitalism" or "free market anarchism."  Molinari did not use the terminology, and probably would have balked at the name.  In contrast to all previous individualistic and near-anarchistic thinkers, such as La Boétie, Hodgskin or the young Fichte, Molinari did not base the brunt of his argument on a moral opposition to the State.  While an ardent individualist, Molinari grounded his argument on free-market, economics, and proceeded logically to ask the question:  If the free market can and should supply goods and services, why not also the services of protection?
    Gustave de Molinari

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