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Synonyms for balky
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froward
adjective. ornery
incompliant
adjective. stubborn
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
more negative
adjective. bad, contradictory
- abrogating
- adverse
- against
- annulling
- antagonistic
- anti
- balky
- colorless
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- counteractive
- cynical
- denying
- detrimental
- disallowing
- disavowing
- dissentient
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nugatory
- nullifying
- opposing
- pessimistic
- privative
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- unaffirmative
- unenthusiastic
- unfavorable
- uninterested
- unwilling
- weak
negative
adjective. bad, contradictory
- abrogating
- adverse
- against
- annulling
- antagonistic
- anti
- balky
- colorless
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- counteractive
- cynical
- denying
- detrimental
- disallowing
- disavowing
- dissentient
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nugatory
- nullifying
- opposing
- pessimistic
- privative
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- unaffirmative
- unenthusiastic
- unfavorable
- uninterested
- unwilling
- weak
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.