Balk at
Balk at verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Hesitance
Hesitance noun - A lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- scruple and balk at
- scruple and hesitance
- disfavor and balk at
- disfavor and hesitance
- shrink from and balk at
- shrink from and hesitance
- have misgivings about and balk at
- have misgivings about and hesitance
- have qualms about and balk at
- have qualms about and hesitance
- be reluctant and balk at
- be reluctant and hesitance
- be unwilling and balk at
- be unwilling and hesitance
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Hesitance and Balk at. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/balk_at/hesitance
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