gadfly – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
gadfly
n.
bloodsucking fly; (Informal) person who annoys everyone around him (with questions, ideas, plans, requests, etc.)
Gadfly
A
gadfly is a fly that annoys horses and other livestock, usually a
horse-fly or a
botfly.
gadfly
Noun
1. a persistently annoying person
(synonym) pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer
(hypernym) tormentor, tormenter, persecutor
(hyponym) nudnik, nudnick
2. any of various large flies that annoy livestock
(hypernym) fly
(hyponym) botfly
Gadfly
(n.)
Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
gadfly
Synonyms and related words:
abettor, actuator, animator, cajoler, coax, coaxer, encourager, energizer, firer, gad, galvanizer, goad, impeller, inducer, inspirer, lash, mover, moving spirit, oxgoad, persuader, pleader, prick, prime mover, prod, prompter, rowel, spark, spark plug, sparker, spur, stimulator, sting, tempter, wheedler, whip, whiplash
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
