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Synonyms for gadfly
ˈgædˌflaɪgad·f·ly

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadflynoun

    a persistently annoying person

    Synonyms:
    pesterer, feller, expletive, lad, swearing, curse word, bloke, oath, pestilence, pestis, blighter, pest, gent, cuss, chap, curse, swearword, fellow, plague, fella

  2. gadflynoun

    any of various large flies that annoy livestock

    Synonyms:
    pest, cuss, blighter, pesterer

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. gadflynoun

    Synonyms:
    breese, horsefly

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