Synonym of stickling

Verb

disagree hesitate vacillate waver balk baulk cavil challenge combat complain deprecate disapprove dispute doubt fight object oppose pause protest pussyfoot refuse remonstrate resist scruple shy stick stickle strain hem and haw take exception wait and see

Verb

contradict demur differ argue buck decline disaccord discord divide pettifog vary wrangle 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

Verb

shrink away backfire blanch blink cringe flinch reel shudder tremble turn away wince blench carom dodge duck falter jerk kick quail quake react rebound resile shake shirk shrink spring start swerve withdraw draw back pull back shy away step back

Verb

have misgivings boggle fret gag question stumble worry be loath be reluctant be unwilling have qualms think twice about

Adjective

mysterious Delphian ambiguous cryptic dark doubtful equivocal incomprehensible indecipherable inexplicable inscrutable obscure occult oracular perplexing puzzling recondite secret sibylline sphinxlike stumping teasing uncertain unfathomable unintelligible

Adjective

meticulous very careful choosy discriminating exacting finicky fussy squeamish captious critical dainty demanding difficult easily disgusted finical fussbudgety hard to please hypercritical nice nit-picky overdelicate overnice particular persnickety picky punctilious queasy

Adjective

overparticular fastidious scrupulous finicking fussbudget nit-picking

Adjective

conscientious careful conscionable exact fretful fuddy-duddy heedful overfastidious painstaking picky-picky punctual querulous

Adjective

detailed perfectionist accurate cautious precise strict thorough crossing the t's dotting the i's microscopic nitpicking

Adjective

formal rigid ceremonious genteel inflexible priggish prim prissy stiff stuffy uncompromising

Adjective

demure correct spruce tidy uncluttered Victorian blue-nose ceremonial cleanly conventional dapper decorous good goody-goody orderly overmodest polite proper prudish puritanical shipshape spic-and-span straight strait-laced upright well-groomed wooden

Adjective

epicene goody-two-shoes pansified precious prim and proper sissified sissy tight-laced

Adjective

authoritarian draconian harsh rigorous severe stern stringent tough austere dead set disciplinary dour firm forbidding grim hard hard-boiled iron-fisted no-nonsense oppressive set square unpermissive unsparing uptight

Adjective

enigmatical

Antonym of stickling

stickling Idiom, Proverb

English Vocalbulary

Synonym of stickler Synonym of sticklike Synonym of stick like a barnacle Synonym of stick like barnacle Synonym of stick like glue Synonym of stick neck out Synonym of stick nose in Synonym of stick nose into Synonym of stick on Synonym of stick one's lip out Synonym of stick one's neck out

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