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adjective

Definition of balkingnext
as in frustrating

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balking

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noun

as in thwarting

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balking

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verb

present participle of balk
as in hampering
to prevent from achieving a goal a young man with big dreams who refused to be balked by the many challenges he faced in making them a reality

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for balking
  1. frustrating
  2. baffling
  3. crossing
  4. deterrence
  5. stopping
  6. frustration
Adjective
  • Kody quickly came to Robyn’s defense, further frustrating Janelle.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Not all of these ideas will pan out, but if any do, the next few years could bring an inflection point in treating some of the most frustrating and intractable diseases of our modern era.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of frustrating
Adjective
  • The little information the police did reveal was often confusing, baffling, even contradictory.
    Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Walker’s campaign, however, was plagued by controversies and baffling and false statements.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of baffling
Noun
  • In Tecumseh, a rural area southeast of Oklahoma, the Little River was more than 4 feet past its flood stage early Monday, threatening to damage croplands, pastures and roads along the river downstream of the U.S. Highway 177 bridge crossing.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The following year, Assad’s forces recaptured Daraa, and the border crossing reopened.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of crossing
Noun
  • The second thing is that military strategy and ultimately political strategy have evolved from at first being fundamentally reactive to the initial Hamas attack, from the imperative to restore Israeli deterrence and to punish Hamas.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • But from the air over Lebanon, Israel can now seemingly bomb at will; whatever deterrence previously existed has broken down.
    Sam Heller, TIME, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of deterrence
Verb
  • According to the Latin Recording Academy, more than 30 artists took the stage to deliver show-stopping tributes honoring the memories of key figures who made great contributions to Latin music.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Empathetic listening, however, entails stopping, absorbing what the other person is saying and then reflecting back both the emotional undertones and the content.
    Nirmal Chhabria, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of stopping
Noun
  • But with crucial deadlines and the land deal itself hanging in the balance, the county’s apparent lack of movement was a source of frustration at Tuesday’s supervisors meeting.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Voter frustrations with the economy and immigration are fueling Trump’s slight advantage among Arizona voters.
    Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of frustration
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balking

balking (at)

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