Definition of Sticking point

1. Noun. A point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal.

Generic synonyms: Detail, Item, Point

Definition of Sticking point

1. Noun. (idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic dated) The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking-place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticking Point

stickies
stickiest
stickily
stickiness
stickinesses
sticking
sticking(p)
sticking-place
sticking-places
sticking-point
sticking out(p)
sticking place
sticking places
sticking plaster
sticking plasters
sticking point
sticking points
sticking up
stickings
stickit
stickjaw
stickjaws
stickle
stickleback
sticklebacks
stickled
stickler
sticklerism
sticklers
stickles

Literary usage of Sticking point

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Silent South by George Washington Cable (1889)
"THE sticking point. But now that we have clearly made out exactly what this immovable hostility is, the question follows—and half the nation are asking it ..."

2. Above the Snow Line: Mountaineering Sketches Between 1870 and 1880 by Clinton Thomas Dent (1885)
"... Our first failure—The expedition resumed—A new line of ascent—We reach the sticking point— Beaten back—The results gained by the two days' climbing. ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Screw my courage to the sticking point. No doubt about the strawberries and cream being the sticking point. But shall I blench before strawberries and cream ..."

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