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Word | Gadfly |
Japanese Meaning | あぶ, うしあぶ, ボウ |
a persistently annoying person / Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies. / animal-biting fly; an irritating person / a fly that bites livestock, especially a horsefly, warble fly, or botfly. / someone who annoys people by being very critical, | |
Usage | ⇒ The horse was bitten by a gadfly ⇒ Like a gadfly he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty-eight hours, everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody. ⇒ a loud sports commentator who was a tactless gadfly during post-game interviews with the losing team ⇒ Later, Hera sent the notorious gadfly to continuously bite and irritate Io. |
Synonyms | pest, annoyance, blighter, nuisance, pesterer, cuss, prod, spur, botfly, energizer, fly, horsefly, mover, stimulator, curse, feller, irritant, troublemaker, wasp, abetter, |
Antonyms | anoint, bless, |
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