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stickle

[stik-uhl] / ˈstɪk əl /
VERB
demur
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hesitate vacillate waver
STRONG
balk cavil challenge combat complain deprecate disapprove dispute doubt fight object oppose pause protest pussyfoot refuse remonstrate resist scruple shy stick strain
WEAK
hem and haw take exception wait and see
Antonyms
STRONG
accept agree aid approve believe commend consent endorse give in go along help praise sanction support surrender
VERB
dissent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
balk contradict demur differ
STRONG
argue buck decline disaccord discord divide object oppose pettifog protest refuse shy vary wrangle
WEAK
break with fly in the face of put up a fight put up an argument say no way say not a chance say nothing doing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accept agree consent
STRONG
approve join
WEAK
assent authorize concur endorse ratify sanction
VERB
recoil
Synonyms
STRONGEST
backfire balk blanch blink cringe demur flinch hesitate reel shudder tremble turn away waver wince
STRONG
blench carom dodge duck falter jerk kick quail quake react rebound resile shake shirk shrink spring start stick swerve withdraw
WEAK
draw back pull back shy away step back
Antonyms
STRONGEST
steady
STRONG
face meet remain stay
VERB
scruple
Synonyms
STRONG
boggle demur doubt falter fret gag hesitate question shy stick stumble vacillate waver worry
WEAK
be loath be reluctant be unwilling have qualms think twice about
Antonyms
STRONG
continue remain stay
WEAK
not care

Example Sentences

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To all of them�pro-Nazi, anti-Nazi, pro-French or pro-League�the present seems no time to stickle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Classicists from Nick's, who stickle for the traditions of the Chicago Style, nodded their heads in austere approval.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile in London His Majesty's Government continued to stickle for the oath in a sharp note to the Irish Free State, so sharp that last week neither sender nor receiver would divulge the contents.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were wise not to stickle about rules, for Peter's eyesight and nerve were as good as those of any boy of twenty.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

The world is wondrous fickle; But lately it would stickle For Progress by Exam.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 by Various

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.