Synonyms for stickling
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : stik-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪk əl |
Top 10 synonyms for stickling Other synonyms for the word stickling
- argue
- austere
- be loath
- be reluctant
- be unwilling
- blench
- blue-nose
- boggle
- break with
- buck
- captious
- carom
- cavil
- ceremonial
- ceremonious
- challenge
- choosy
- cleanly
- combat
- complain
- conscionable
- conventional
- correct
- cringe
- critical
- crossing the t's
- cryptic
- dainty
- dapper
- dark
- dead set
- decline
- decorous
- Delphian
- demanding
- demur
- demure
- deprecate
- differ
- difficult
- disaccord
- disapprove
- disciplinary
- discord
- discriminating
- dispute
- divide
- dodge
- dotting the i's
- doubt
- doubtful
- dour
- draconian
- draw back
- duck
- easily disgusted
- enigmatical
- epicene
- equivocal
- exact
- exacting
- falter
- fastidious
- fight
- finical
- finicking
- finicky
- firm
- flinch
- fly in the face of
- forbidding
- formal
- fret
- fretful
- fuddy-duddy
- fussbudget
- fussbudgety
- fussy
- gag
- genteel
- good
- goody-goody
- goody-two-shoes
- grim
- hard
- hard to please
- hard-boiled
- harsh
- have qualms
- heedful
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- hypercritical
- incomprehensible
- indecipherable
- inexplicable
- inflexible
- inscrutable
- iron-fisted
- jerk
- kick
- microscopic
- nice
- nit-picking
- nit-picky
- nitpicking
- no-nonsense
- object
- obscure
- occult
- oppose
- oppressive
- oracular
- orderly
- overdelicate
- overfastidious
- overmodest
- overnice
- painstaking
- pansified
- particular
- pause
- perplexing
- persnickety
- pettifog
- picky
- picky-picky
- polite
- precious
- precise
- priggish
- prim
- prim and proper
- prissy
- proper
- protest
- prudish
- pull back
- punctilious
- punctual
- puritanical
- pussyfoot
- put up a fight
- put up an argument
- puzzling
- quail
- quake
- queasy
- querulous
- question
- react
- rebound
- recondite
- reel
- refuse
- remonstrate
- resile
- resist
- rigid
- rigorous
- say no way
- say not a chance
- say nothing doing
- scruple
- scrupulous
- secret
- set
- severe
- shake
- shipshape
- shirk
- shrink
- shudder
- shy
- shy away
- sibylline
- sissified
- sissy
- sphinxlike
- spic-and-span
- spring
- spruce
- square
- squeamish
- start
- step back
- stern
- stick
- stickle
- stickling
- stiff
- straight
- strain
- strait-laced
- strict
- stringent
- stuffy
- stumble
- stumping
- swerve
- take exception
- teasing
- think twice about
- thorough
- tidy
- tight-laced
- tough
- tremble
- turn away
- uncertain
- uncluttered
- uncompromising
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- unpermissive
- unsparing
- upright
- uptight
- vacillate
- vary
- Victorian
- wait and see
- waver
- well-groomed
- wince
- withdraw
- wooden
- worry
- wrangle
Définition of stickling
- As in meticulous : adj detailed, perfectionist
- As in precise : adj meticulous, fastidious
- As in prim : adj particular, fussy
- As in prissy : adj particular and fussy
- As in strict : adj authoritarian
- As in enigmatic : adj mysterious
- As in enigmatic/enigmatical : adj mysterious
- As in fastidious : adj very careful, meticulous
- As in finicky : adj overparticular
- As in fussy : adj meticulous, particular
- As in recoil : verb shrink away
- As in scruple : verb balk, have misgivings
- As in demur : verb disagree
- As in dissent : verb disagree
- "This will be brought to you by Stickling," the note said; but who Stickling was Vavasor did not know.
- Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope
- The artists fought this influence, stickling a long time for the severer classicism of ancient Greece.
- Extract from : « A Text-Book of the History of Painting » by John C. Van Dyke
- Why, man, I found them fastened on him myself; and there was odd staving and stickling to make them 'ware haunch!'
- Extract from : « Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete » by Sir Walter Scott
- This is seen in their way of stickling for accuracy when others repeat familiar word-forms.
- Extract from : « Children's Ways » by James Sully
Antonyms for stickling
- accept
- agree
- aid
- ambiguous
- amenable
- approve
- assent
- authorize
- believe
- careless
- clear
- commend
- concur
- consent
- continue
- easy
- easy-going
- endorse
- explicit
- face
- facile
- false
- flexible
- gentle
- give in
- go along
- help
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- indefinite
- indifferent
- indiscriminating
- inexact
- informal
- join
- kind
- known
- lenient
- loose
- meet
- messy
- mild
- negligent
- nice
- not care
- obvious
- open
- plain
- praise
- questionable
- ratify
- remain
- rumpled
- sanction
- slipshod
- sloppy
- soft
- stay
- steady
- support
- surrender
- thoughtless
- tolerant
- tractable
- uncareful
- uncertain
- unconcerned
- uncouth
- uncritical
- undemanding
- undetailed
- unfussy
- unmysterious
- unscrupulous
- untidy
- yielding
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