balkier
More prone to refuse
Balkier is the comparative form of balky, describing something more prone to stopping short or refusing to proceed.
A stubborn horse might be balkier than its stablemate.
Machines can be balkier on cold mornings.
The old truck got balkier every winter.
With inflexible determination
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
willful · obdurate · pertinacious · dogged · tenacious · contrary · perverse · recalcitrant
Opposed to participating
- hesitantSlow to act
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- disinclinedAverse to acting
- averseOpposed or unwilling
loath · unenthusiastic · unresponsive · dragging · foot-dragging · holdback · hanging back · demurring
Withstanding external forces
- noncompliantFailing to conform
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- insubordinateDefying rightful authority
unruly · ungovernable · untamable · wild · unbroken · unbiddable · fractious · restive
stubbornly
With inflexible determination
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
headstrong · willful · obdurate · pertinacious · dogged · tenacious · contrary · perverse · recalcitrant · uncooperative
unwilling
Opposed to participating
- hesitantSlow to act
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- disinclinedAverse to acting
averse · loath · unenthusiastic · unresponsive · dragging · foot-dragging · holdback · hanging back · demurring · shrinking
resistant
Withstanding external forces
- noncompliantFailing to conform
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
insubordinate · unruly · ungovernable · untamable · wild · unbroken · unbiddable · fractious · restive · skittish