gadfly

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of GADFLY

one who is obnoxiously annoying <a loud sports commentator who was a tactless gadfly during post-game interviews with the losing team>

Synonyms annoyance, annoyer, bother, gadfly, gnawer, nudnik (also nudnick), pain, persecutor, pest, tease, teaser

Related Words headache; harrier, heckler, interrupter (also interruptor); hassle, plague; harasser, molester, tormentor (also tormenter), torturer

Near Antonyms charmer, smoothy (or smoothie); comforter, solacer, soother

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