to stickle
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈstɪkəl/
- Archaic
:
discutir
- She tends to stickle over the smallest details during meetings.
Examples
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They stickled so much about where to eat that they ended up staying home.
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Don't stickle over small details!
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If you stickle about every minor error, progress will be very slow.
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She often stickles about the color of the curtains.
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She tends to stickle over the tiniest details in her reports.
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Don't stickle about the font choice; the content is what really matters.
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He will stickle for accuracy, even if it delays the project.
Synonyms
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4.1
Argue again and again with someone about small unimportant things
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2.6
To argue angrily with someone about small things
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7.0
To argue about small unimportant details to avoid the main point
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4.9
To have a short, unimportant argument with someone
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6.8
Argue about very small differences that do not matter
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9.9
To argue loudly with someone and continue for a long time
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8.2
To argue about very small, unimportant details
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9.9
To complain about small unimportant details
To disagree angrily about small, unimportant things
To argue loudly about small unimportant things
Argue about small, unimportant details and waste time
Antonyms
How Argumentative
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stickle probably comes from the idea of stick ('to hold' or 'be fixed') and is like stickler, a person who will not let go of a rule. A helpful way to remember stickle is to imagine someone who 'sticks' to tiny points and argues stubbornly about small details.