Word Meanings - BALKY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.

BALKY
Apt to balk; as, a balky horse.
OBSTINATE
a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob + a word from the 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
UNEASY
1. Not easy; difficult. Things . . . so uneasy to be satisfactorily understood. Boyle. The road will be uneasy to find. Sir W. Scott. 2. Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed. The soul, uneasy and confined from
RESTIVE
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. E. Philips . The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag
RECALCITRANT
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory. (more info) kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf.
STUBBORN
Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn
ARRESTIVE
Tending to arrest. McCosh.