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Gadfly

🔄 Synonyms of "Gadfly"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cussnoun	(chiefly US, colloquial) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
blighternoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
pesterernoun	a persistently annoying person
pestnoun	Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gadfly"

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Word	Definition
pestnoun	Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
blighternoun	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
cussnoun	(chiefly US, colloquial) A curse.
pesterernoun	a persistently annoying person
redoubtablenoun	(in a positive sense, sometimes humorous) A person who elicits respect.
breezenoun	A light, gentle wind.
breezeflynoun	The horsefly or gadfly.
burrel flynoun	The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis).
bot flynoun	Alternative form of botfly. [One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.]
bull-flynoun	Any large fly troublesome to cattle, such as the gadfly.
whame flynoun	(dated) The horsefly or gadfly.
bee flynoun	Any of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.
forest flynoun	A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
botflynoun	One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
bittacidnoun	(zoology) Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae; a hangingfly.
blind-flynoun	(uncountable) The game of blind man's buff
horseflynoun	Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
oestrusnoun	(countable and uncountable, biology) A female animal's readiness to mate.
blowflynoun	Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
borboridnoun	(zoology) Any fly of the family Borboridae (now Sphaeroceridae).