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Showing words for STICKLING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Stickling

stickling, ticklings

8 Letter Words for Stickling

kiltings, kitlings, lickings, sickling, slicking, sticking, tickings, tickling

7 Letter Words for Stickling

kilting, kisting, kitings, kitling, licking, likings, listing, scintil, sicking, silking, silting, skiting, slicing, sliting, stiling, ticking, tilings

6 Letter Words for Stickling

cising, citing, clings, clinks, clints, glints, icings, isling, kiting, liking, likins, liting, sigint, siling, siting, skiing, ticing, tiglic, tiklin, tiling, tisick, tsking

5 Letter Words for Stickling

cling, clink, clint, clits, gilts, ginks, glick, glink, glint, glisk, glist, glits, icing, ignis, intil, intis, kilns, kilts, kings, kinic, knits, licit, licks, likin, lings, links, lints, nicks, sigil, skint, slick, sling, slink, snick, stick, sting, stink, ticks, tikis, tingi, tings, tinks, tisic

4 Letter Words for Stickling

cigs, cist, cits, clin, clit, gils, gilt, gink, gins, gist, gits, glis, glit, ilks, incl, init, inks, inst, inti, intl, isnt, kiln, kilt, king, kins, kist, kits, knit, lick, ligs, liin, ling, link, lins, lint, lisk, list, liti, lits, nick, nils, nisi, nist, nits, scil, sclk, sick, sign, silk, silt, sing, sink, siti, skil, skin, skit, slik, slit, snig, snit, stlg, tick, tics, tigs, tiki, tils, tinc, ting, tink, tins

3 Letter Words for Stickling

cgs, cig, cis, cit, cli, clk, cns, csi, csk, cst, ctg, ctn, cts, gin, gis, git, glt, gns, gtc, ick, ign, ilk, inc, ing, ink, ins, int, isl, isn, ist, its, kil, kin, kit, kln, ksi, lig, lin, lis, lit, lsc, lst, nig, nil, nis, nit, sci, sct, sic, sig, sil, sin, sit, ski, slt, stg, stk, tck, tgn, tic, tig, til, tin, tis, tlc, tln, tng, tsi, tsk

Definitions for Stickling

[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 Stickling

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

Words nearby Stickling

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

Origin of Stickling

e1520–30; 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 Stickling

eC16 stightle (in the sense: to arbitrate): frequentative of Old English stihtan to arrange; related to Old Norse stētta to support

Synonyms for Stickling

accurate, cautious, conscientious, exact, fastidious, fussy, painstaking, precise, scrupulous, strict, thorough, conscionable, crossing the t's, dotting the i's, heedful, microscopic, nitpicking, particular, persnickety, picky, punctilious, punctual