Balked

Definition: Balked

Balked

Adjective

1. Used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement.

Date "balked" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references)

Synonyms: Balked

Synonyms: baffled (adj), discouraged (adj), frustrated (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Balked

Specialty definitions using "balked": Agreeably disappointed ♦ balked landing. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Balked at the Altar (1908)
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Title	Author	Quote
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	The Jesuits were quite balked by those indians who, being burned at the stake, suggested new modes of torture to their tormentors.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Balked" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 52.00% of the time. "Balked" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	52%	13	97,576
Lexical Verb (past participle)	36%	9	117,287
Noun (proper)	8%	2	245,945
Adjective (general or positive)	4%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	25	N/A

Expression using "balked": balked landing. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "balked"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		犹豫 (Balking, hesitant, hesitate, Hesitated, hesitating, hesitation). (various references)

Dutch		afgebroken landing (aborted landing, balked landing, baulked landing). (various references)

French		déjouai, déjoués, déjouées, déjouée, déjoué. (various references)

German		stockte. (various references)

Greek		επανακύκλωση (aborted landing, balked landing, baulked landing, go-around, missed approach), άστοχη προσγείωση (aborted landing, balked landing, baulked landing). (various references)

Hungarian		akadályozott leszállás (balked landing), csalódik vágyaiban (to be balked of one's desires), csalódik elképzelésében (to be balked of one's desires). (various references)

Italian		frustrato; privato. (various references)

Korean		방해하�" (Barred, Hampered, Hindered, impeded, Interfered, molested, Obstructive). (various references)

Pig Latin		alkedbay.(various references)

Portuguese		aterragem falhada (aborted landing, balked landing, baulked landing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Balked" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baiked, Balaki, Balakov, balded, balken, balki, balkis, ballsed, balmed, Belkif, Bilkey, blaked, blaket. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "balked" (pronounced bô"kt)
3	-ô" k t	chalked, hawked, stalked, talked, walked.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-k-l"
	-1 letter: baked, baled, blade, bleak, laked.
	-2 letters: abed, able, bade, bake, bald, bale, balk, bead, beak, blae, bled, dale, deal, kale, lade, lake, lead, leak.
	-3 letters: alb, ale, bad, bal, bed, bel, dab, dak, dal, deb, del, eld, elk, kab, kae, kea, lab, lad, lea, led, lek.
	-4 letters: ab, ad, ae, al, ba, be, de, ed, el, ka, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-k-l"
	+1 letter: baulked, blacked, blanked.
	+2 letters: beadlike, blockade, bulkhead, skewbald.
	+3 letters: adobelike, backfield, backpedal, backslide, bechalked, becloaked, blackened, blackhead, blacklead, bladelike, blanketed, blockaded, blockader, blockades, blockhead, boardlike, bulkheads, bulwarked, drinkable, kneadable, skewbalds.
	+4 letters: backfields, backfilled, backhauled, backlashed, backlisted, backlogged, backpedals, backslider, backslides, balkanized, bankrolled, blackheads, blackleads, blockaders, blockheads, dislikable, drinkables, fiddleback, parbuckled.
	+5 letters: backlighted, backpedaled, backslapped, backslidden, backsliders, blackballed, blackbirded, blackbirder, blackbodies, blackhander, blackjacked, blacklisted, blackmailed, blacktopped, bladderlike, dislikeable, doublespeak, fiddlebacks, roadblocked, undrinkable.
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