balky
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Synonyms & Antonyms for balky
Synonyms
contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms
amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable
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But sometimes the line gets balky when the customer in front can’t quite make up their mind. — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, "Las Villas Deli and Pastries: Puerto Rican fare at its finest in Cleveland," 6 July 2019 With the traffic, pollution, balky public transportation and risk of pickpockets, this would not be a relaxing trip. — Shelly Rivoli, latimes.com, "Even with three kids in tow, there's no place like Rome," 11 July 2019 Watson isn’t likely to contend this weekend, not with a balky putting stroke and a driver that seems to lose yardage by the week. — Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, "Caddying for Tom Watson far from elementary for Notre Dame's Greg Helmkamp," 26 June 2019 Once commonplace issues, like balky transmissions and faltering engines, had become more the exception than the norm. — NBC News, "Porsche, Kia top list of highest-quality cars, with Land Rover and Jaguar among the worst," 19 June 2019 In buffeting the James acquisition with a bunch of aging and balky parts, Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka followed their great coup with a giant crash. — John Cherwa, latimes.com, "The Sports Report: Future of Lakers franchise on Pelinka’s shoulders," 18 June 2019 Known for his durability and pain tolerance, Thompson made an impassioned plea to play with the balky hamstring. — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, "Warriors’ Klay Thompson ready, eager to return to action in Game 4," 6 June 2019 Back to science, soon During the last two weeks, operators have been trying to bring this third, previously balky gyro back online. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "NASA brings a Hubble gyro back to life after a seven-year hibernation," 22 Oct. 2018 Fluker has dealt with a balky knee all year (he was limited through much of the offseason) and missed the first two games of the season because of a hamstring injury suffered in the preseason. — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, "Seahawks Q&A: Did Russell Wilson really throw the shoe of a 49er? What happens without D.J. Fluker?," 4 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'balky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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