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Balky
Balky
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
uncooperative, reluctant or refusing to function, proceed, or act as expected or instructed, or likely to be so;
e.g. The horses were balky and refused to pull the carriage any further.
Similar Words
Contrary
Contumacious
Defiant
Disobedient
Fractious
Fretful
Froward
Incompliant
Insubordinate
Intractable
Monkeyish
Noncooperative
Obstreperous
Rebel
Rebellious
Recalcitrant
Recusant
Refractory
Resistant
Restive
Unamenable
Uncooperative
Undisciplined
Ungovernable
Unruly
Untoward
Wayward
Willful
Wrongheaded
Opposite Words
Acquiescent
Agreeable
Amenable
Amiable
Biddable
Compliant
Conformable
Cooperative
Courteous
Deferential
Disciplined
Docile
Law-abiding
Manageable
Mannerly
Obedient
Obliging
Obsequious
Orderly
Passive
Placable
Resigned
Respectful
Ruly
Servile
Slavish
Submissive
Subservient
Supine
Teachable
Tolerant
Tractable
Unresistant
Well-bred
Yielding
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Adamant
Adamantine
Argumentative
Bad
Contentious
Contrary
Controversial
Discourteous
Disorderly
Disputatious
Dissident
Dogged
Errant
Fractious
Froward
Hardheaded
Headstrong
Ill-bred
Ill-mannered
Ill-natured
Immovable
Impertinent
Implacable
Impolite
Impudent
Inconsiderate
Inflexible
Insolent
Insurgent
Mischievous
Monkeyish
Mulish
Mutinous
Nonconformist
Noncooperative
Obdurate
Obstinate
Opinionated
Ornery
Peevish
Pertinacious
Perverse
Pigheaded
Polemic
Quarrelsome
Resistant
Rigid
Rude
Self-willed
Stubborn
Unbending
Uncivil
Uncompromising
Uncontrollable
Uncooperative
Uncouth
Undisciplined
Ungracious
Unmanageable
Unmannerly
Unrelenting
Unyielding
Wild
Wrongheaded
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