Synonyms for stickle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stik-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪk əl |
Top 10 synonyms for stickle Other synonyms for the word stickle
- argue
- be loath
- be reluctant
- be unwilling
- blench
- boggle
- break with
- buck
- carom
- cavil
- challenge
- combat
- complain
- decline
- deprecate
- disaccord
- disapprove
- discord
- dispute
- divide
- dodge
- doubt
- draw back
- duck
- falter
- fight
- fly in the face of
- fret
- gag
- have qualms
- hem and haw
- jerk
- kick
- object
- oppose
- pause
- pettifog
- protest
- pull back
- pussyfoot
- put up a fight
- put up an argument
- quail
- quake
- question
- react
- rebound
- reel
- refuse
- remonstrate
- resile
- resist
- say no way
- say not a chance
- say nothing doing
- scruple
- shake
- shirk
- shrink
- shudder
- shy
- shy away
- spring
- start
- step back
- stick
- stickle
- strain
- stumble
- swerve
- take exception
- think twice about
- tremble
- turn away
- vacillate
- vary
- wait and see
- waver
- wince
- withdraw
- worry
- wrangle
Définition of stickle
- As in recoil : verb shrink away
- As in scruple : verb balk, have misgivings
- As in demur : verb disagree
- As in dissent : verb disagree
- "But you did stickle about words an hour ago," said Mr. Hempstead, with some severity.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- But the magistrate was not in a frame of mind to stickle for nicety of expression.
- Extract from : « Monsieur Lecoq, v.1 » by Emile Gaboriau
- Cringe, in the sense of to constrain; and so to stickle, or haggle.
- Extract from : « Diary of Richard Cocks Vol. I » by Richard Cocks
- I would not stickle about hours, but the money and the drink are very just.
- Extract from : « Sybil » by Benjamin Disraeli
- I am not disposed to stickle for this particular phraseology.
- Extract from : « The Moral Instruction of Children » by Felix Adler
- Stickle Pond is probably the best adapted of any of those available.
- Extract from : « The Passaic Flood of 1903 » by Marshall Ora Leighton
- Why, in this manner—but you mustnt mind my speaking out: we know each other well enough not to stickle at formalities—eh?
- Extract from : « Dust » by Julian Hawthorne
- Let three hundred be taken, and if you find more wanted do not stickle to add to this number.
- Extract from : « Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln » by Charles L. Marson
- Such is the influence of Government, that the Devil will every where stickle mightily, to have that siding with him.
- Extract from : « The Wonders of the Invisible World » by Cotton Mather
- The interview ended with a present of half-a-bull to Micky from the convict, which the boy seemed to stickle at accepting.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
Antonyms for stickle
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