'Balked' definitions:
Definition of 'Balked'
From: GCIDE
- Balk \Balk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balked (b[add]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Balking.] [From Balk a beam; orig. to put a balk or beam in one's way, in order to stop or hinder. Cf., for sense 2, AS. on balcan legan to lay in heaps.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To leave or make balks in. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Ten thousand bold Scots, two and twenty knights, Balk'd in their own blood did Sir Walter see. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk. [Obs. or Obsolescent] [1913 Webster]
- By reason of the contagion then in London, we balked the inns. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- Sick he is, and keeps his bed, and balks his meat. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- Nor doth he any creature balk, But lays on all he meeteth. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to thwart; as, to balk expectation. [1913 Webster]
- They shall not balk my entrance. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'balked'
From: GCIDE
- balked \balked\ adj.
- 1. Same as baffled.
- Syn: baffled, discomfited, discouraged, frustrated. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'balked'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baffled,
- betrayed,
- bilked,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- chapfallen,
- crestfallen,
- crossed,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- defeated,
- disappointed,
- dished,
- disillusioned,
- dissatisfied,
- foiled,
- frustrated,
- ill done-by,
- ill-served,
- let down,
- out of countenance,
- regretful,
- sorely disappointed,
- soured,
- thwarted