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Showing words for STICKLE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Stickle

keltics, stickel, stickle, tickles

6 Letter Words for Stickle

celtis, clites, keltic, likest, sicket, sickle, skelic, stelic, tickle

5 Letter Words for Stickle

ceils, celts, cesti, ciels, cites, clies, clite, clits, ickle, islet, istle, keist, kelts, kilts, kites, lects, licet, licks, liest, likes, lites, sicle, siket, skice, skite, sleck, slice, slick, slite, steil, stick, stile, teils, telic, tices, ticks, tiles

4 Letter Words for Stickle

ceil, cels, celt, cest, ceti, ciel, cist, cite, cits, clit, eiks, elks, elts, etic, ices, ilks, isle, itel, kelt, kest, kets, kiel, kilt, kist, kite, kits, leck, lect, leis, leks, lest, lets, lice, lick, lies, like, lisk, list, lite, lits, scet, scil, sclk, seck, sect, seik, seil, seit, sekt, selt, sice, sick, sike, sile, silk, silt, site, skel, sket, skil, skit, slik, slit, stie, teck, teil, teli, tels, tice, tick, tics, ties, tile, tils

3 Letter Words for Stickle

cel, cie, cis, cit, cli, clk, csi, csk, cst, cte, cts, ect, eik, eli, elk, els, elt, esc, est, etc, ice, ick, ike, ile, ilk, ise, isl, ist, its, ket, kie, kil, kit, ksi, lei, lek, les, let, lie, lis, lit, lsc, lst, sci, sct, sec, sei, sel, set, sic, sie, sil, sit, ski, sle, slt, stk, tck, tec, tel, tes, tic, tie, til, tis, tlc, tsi, tsk

Definitions for Stickle

[1] to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
[2] to raise objections; scruple; demur.
[3] to dispute stubbornly, esp about minor points
[4] to refuse to agree or concur, esp by making petty stipulations

Words related to Stickle

blanch, hesitate, balk, waver, cringe, tremble, blink, shudder, demur, backfire, reel, wince, flinch, vacillate, contradict, differ, dodge, swerve, withdraw, jerk

Words nearby Stickle

stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stickit, stickle, stickleback, stickler, stickler syndrome, stickley, stickman

Origin of Stickle

1520–30; variant of obsolete stightle to set in order, frequentative of stight to set in order, Middle English stighten, Old English stihtan to arrange; cognate with German stiften, Old Norse stētta to set up

Word origin for Stickle

C16 stightle (in the sense: to arbitrate): frequentative of Old English stihtan to arrange; related to Old Norse stētta to support

Synonyms for Stickle

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