balked

Meaning of balked

verb, past tense
  1. hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
    he balked at such a drastic solution

late Old English balc, from Old Norse bálkr ‘partition’. The original use was ‘unploughed ridge’, later ‘land left unploughed by mistake’, hence ‘blunder, omission’, giving rise to the verb use ‘miss (a chance)’. A late Middle English sense ‘obstacle’ gave rise to the verb senses ‘hesitate’ and ‘hinder’.

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Hyphenation of balked

balked

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • balked is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

balked synonyms

Meaning deliberately avoid using; abstain from:

eschew

Meaning withstand the action or effect of:

resist

Meaning feel or express contempt or disdain for:

scorn

Meaning consider to be unworthy of one's consideration:

disdain

balked antonyms

Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):

accept

Anagrams of balked

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Words that rhyme with balked

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