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gadfly

Synonyms

Noun

1. pest

2. blighter, cuss, pesterer, tormentor, tormenter, persecutor, fly

Usage
Gadfly Bites 6/5/26—Clips that ridicule themselves - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Gladiator & the Gadfly - Commonweal Magazine
Gadfly Bites 6/1/26—Actually? It IS a big whoop. - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Harvard’s ‘Annoying Socratic Gadfly’ Takes a Victory Lap - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ribbon Cutting for Gadfly Ledgers in Historic Downtown Manassas - Prince William Living
Small Investors Fear SEC Will Drive Corporate Gadflies to Extinction - Bloomberg.com
Mayor Jones cuts off City Hall gadfly over anti-gay remarks - San Antonio Express-News
Vinay Prasad, oncology’s gadfly-turned-CBER-director, will leave FDA (again) - The Cancer Letter
Project GADfly update - AOPA
EMS gadfly or journalist? Brattleboro officials debate First Amendment protections - WCAX
Utah political ‘gadfly’ George Zinn arrested, released after Charlie Kirk shooting - KPCW
Remembering David C. Berliner: Scholar, gadfly, mentor and defender of public education - ASU News
Hank Burchard, Post reporter and newsroom gadfly, dies at 85 - The Washington Post
Xi Jinping says Irish novel The Gadfly sustained him during traumatic teenage years - The Irish Times
'Pain in the rear' NJ gadfly will oversee farm program he criticized - Morris County NJ News | Daily Record
Gadfly Bites 5/29/26—Show your strength - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Subject: Weekend Reads: Harvard’s 'annoying Socratic gadfly' takes a victory lap - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Gadfly Bites 5/8/26—“Inside” the echo chamber, maybe - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Gadfly Bites 5/13/26—Case for the defense - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
On the negative NAEP news, and the real reason screen time is hurting student learning - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Gadfly starts GoFundMe for hospitalized band member - The Georgia Straight
How an obscure Irish novel got China’s leader through his teens - The Times
Shostakovich The Gadfly. Five Days - Five Nights - gramophone.co.uk
Our Opinion: First Amendment protects gadfly's offensive ban... - The Wilson Times
Opinion: Gadflies, free speech and the future of civic dialogue here in Los Gatos - Los Gatan
The Irish Times view on The Gadfly: Ireland’s little-known best-seller - The Irish Times
Arousing, persuading, and reproaching: How Gadfly is promoting philosophical engagement, one conversation at a time - Columbia Daily Spectator
The Gadfly Manifesto - Psychiatric Times
Inside the mind of Downey’s most notorious Gadfly - The Downey Patriot
New Zealand leads protection of world’s rarest seabirds: Media release 31 March 2026 - Department of Conservation
George Zinn, arrested on suspicion of obstruction after Charlie Kirk shooting, is widely known Utah political ‘gadfly’ - The Salt Lake Tribune
Old man who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk told cops he did it to 'draw attention from real shooter': report - New York Post
Ad Reinhardt: My gadfly and my friend - The Brooklyn Rail
Sharon Anderson, a colorful thorn in the political eye, dies at 86 - Pioneer Press
Global spatial ecology of three closely-related gadfly petrels - Nature
Gadfly Bar: The Tucked-Away Lounge Drawing A Crowd In New York City - Forbes
A Love Letter to an Old-Guard Council Gadfly - The Silicon Valley Voice
Book Review: "The Year of the Gadfly" - Columbia University
The latest buzz: The Gadfly returns after 26-year dormancy - The Vermont Cynic
Martin and Xi say they read it as teens - but what is The Gadfly and who is its Cork-born author? - The Journal
A Gadfly and the Navy - The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
Rand rides again as GOP gadfly - Punchbowl News
Gadfly Are Soundtracking Resistance With a Defiant Spirit - readrange.com
The Gadfly - Commonweal Magazine
The therapist and the gadfly - Princeton University Press
Word of the Day: gadfly (Published 2022) - The New York Times
A conservative legal gadfly faces the music - Politico
Queer erasure and representation in Gadfly - Goshen College
Statistical Plotting with Julia: Gadfly.jl - Towards Data Science
Swatting the Impish Gadfly – Jesse Russell - Law & Liberty
‘American Gadfly’ Review: A Candid Candidacy (Published 2022) - The New York Times
Gadfly Bites 10/19/20 – Catching up with the clips - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Arrival of the Gadfly: A New Era of Accounting in Manassas - Prince William Living
Japan’s new prime minister is his own party’s sternest critic - economist.com
Dena Driscoll: Gadfly for Good | Generation Change Philly - The Philadelphia Citizen
Judge Dismisses Gonzalez Counterclaim, Delivering Another Blow to Dover Gadfly’s Legal Effort - Morris Focus
James Beck, Gadfly (1930-2007) - The Brooklyn Rail
The Gadfly and the Grinder: A Parable for Hillary - The Atlantic
Richard Fields, a Socratic Gadfly, Gone Too Soon - Memphis Flyer
Attorney to Hippie to Beloved Literary Gadfly. Steven Gilbar? Yep. - Montecito Journal
Dmitri Shostakovich: The Gadfly - Classic FM
The Gadfly - City Journal
Gadfly Bites 5/3/23—Reinventing the wheel…and then keeping it to yourself - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Barbara Massey: Goleta Gadfly - The Santa Barbara Independent
Gadfly Bites 1/11/23—Fool’s gold - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Book Review: Christopher Hitchens — Final Stings From the Gadfly - The Arts Fuse
Gadfly Pushes Conservative Spin to Shareholder Resolutions - WSJ
What does Gadfly say? Thanks, Joe. - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Farewell to a gadfly - The River Reporter
Bernie Sanders moving out of 'gadfly role' in Senate, former Obama adviser says - The Week
CLSA, home to gadfly analyst Mike Mayo, closes doors in U.S. - American Banker
Coming out as a gadfly: 8 years of blogging for The Mennonite - Anabaptist World
Documentary Review: New York teens run a campaign for president — “American Gadfly” - rogersmovienation.com
The ‘Rebel’ and Human Rights Gadfly Seeking to Criminalize Ecocide - Undark Magazine
Hamish At Home: Vogue’s Gadfly Comes in For a Hard Landing - Vogue
BC Professor Reggie Williams hosts final Gadfly Cafe session of the Fall semester in the Levan Center - The Renegade Rip
From Teenage Gadfly to Politico Reporter - Duke Today
SEU: Raising questions leads to better thinkers, closer relationships - The Daily Nebraskan
Classical New Release: 'Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly"' - Interlochen Public Radio
Punk band Gadfly to play reunion show - Journal & Courier
L.A. County got a restraining order against a foul-mouthed gadfly. He denies making threats - Los Angeles Times
American Gadfly - Official Trailer - IMDb
Lemonade & Loudness: How Gadfly Turns Oppression Into Ferocious Rock - - Happy Mag
Q&A: Alfredo Jaar, SCAD speaker and global gadfly, on "recuperating the power of images" - ARTS ATL
LA City Hall gadfly won’t face charges for racist comments directed at councilman - Los Angeles Daily News
A Gadfly in the Pinot Noir (Published 2011) - The New York Times
George Kennan: Gadfly and Insider - Chronicles Magazine
T. Boone Pickens: Corporate Raider or Management Gadfly? - inc.com
Downer, longtime Jackson gadfly, dies at age 82 - JHNewsAndGuide.com
Elon Musk Auditions as Corporate Gadfly, Taking Sides Against Disney - WSJ
The Gadfly (1955) - IMDb
The Charming Gadfly Who Saved the High Line (Published 2007) - The New York Times
Morris County Judge Rejects Dover Gadfly’s Request for a Reversal of Prior Restraints - Morris Focus
Bloomberg Plans to Discontinue Financial Commentary Brand Gadfly - WSJ
The Gadfly - The Harvard Crimson
The Dangers of Cynicism - Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities
Wellesley gadfly convicted of extortion - CommonWealth Beacon
The Gadfly Daily’s week in review - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Gadfly Daily’s week in review - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Margolis: Gadflies have taken over state GOP reins - VTDigger
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'gadfly'
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French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
gadlfy,   gadly,   gsdfly,   gdafly,   gadf;y,   gadflt,   gadfy,   gaddly,   gadfky,   gadfl,   gadflu,   gadffly,   fadfly,   adfly,   gaddfly,   gaadfly,   gaffly,   gadgly,   gadfyl,   agdfly,   gafly,   hadfly,   gafdly,   gdfly,   gasfly,   ggadfly,   gadflly,   gadflyy
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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