GeneralConnection.com ➔ Dictionary
Dictionary Search

gadfly

Synonyms

Noun

1. pest

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

Usage
The Education Gadfly Weekly: Power plays in federal education - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Arousing, persuading, and reproaching: How Gadfly is promoting philosophical engagement, one conversation at a time - Columbia Daily Spectator
A Love Letter to an Old-Guard Council Gadfly - The Silicon Valley Voice
Update: Lotus swap gadfly for alicerawr - Dust2.us
SA-11 Gadfly | missile - Britannica
Ad Reinhardt: My gadfly and my friend - The Brooklyn Rail
Janesville City Hall gadfly Bollerud faces trial for throwing rocks at train - WCLO
Jesse Brown is a gadfly. Indy Democrats need him. | Letters - IndyStar
Morris County Superior Court Judge Enters Order Restraining Local Gadfly and Former Police Officer Rico Gonzalez from Disparaging Town Officials - Morris Focus
US CFTC Democrat says she could be a 'gadfly' to Republican majority - Reuters
Commentary: In place of Calhoun monument, Charleston needs a 'peaceful gadfly,' and a side of Amazing Grace - Post and Courier
Known for activism, political gadfly faces lawsuits, federal investigators - Business Observer
Attorney to Hippie to Beloved Literary Gadfly. Steven Gilbar? Yep. - Montecito Journal
WikiLeaks gadfly: the Julian Assange saga - Financial Times
#961: How “No Excuses” charter schools went off the rails, with Steven Wilson - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
James Beck, Gadfly (1930-2007) - The Brooklyn Rail
#963: All about the Educational Choice for Children Act, with Jim Blew - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Florida, the forgotten education-reform star - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Exit Interview: Kathleen Porter-Magee, Superintendent of Partnership Schools - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
#950: The best and worst of ed reform in 2024, with Checker Finn - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Gadfly and midwife - The Tablet
Al Morella, lovable gadfly of Jefferson Parish government, dies at 78 - NOLA.com
Culture war vs. competence: Why conservatives should support Penny Schwinn - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Sudden death of French gadfly - Slippedisc
The Education Gadfly Weekly: J.D. Vance’s views on education - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
#926: What “Young Sheldon” teaches about parenting, with Alina Adams - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
#939: What to do about underenrolled and underachieving schools? with Sofoklis Goulas - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
How to improve retention and job satisfaction: “Let Teachers Teach” - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Greeley-Evans schools report no federal funds issues amid Trump grant freeze - substack.com
Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98 - Newsday
Inside the mind of Downey’s most notorious Gadfly - The Downey Patriot
Gadfly Bar: The Tucked-Away Lounge Drawing A Crowd In New York City - Forbes
#910: Reforming Houston ISD, with Mike Miles - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Gadfly - Commonweal Magazine
James Clarke Five - Gadfly Groove (Favourite Recordings) - The Big Takeover
Global spatial ecology of three closely-related gadfly petrels - Nature
The latest buzz: The Gadfly returns after 26-year dormancy - The Vermont Cynic
A Gadfly and the Navy - The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
The Gadfly - city-journal.org
‘American Gadfly’ Review: A Candid Candidacy (Published 2022) - The New York Times
Elon Musk Auditions as Corporate Gadfly, Taking Sides Against Disney - WSJ
The Gadfly of American Plutocracy - Boston Review
The therapist and the gadfly - Princeton University Press
‘It’s Hard to Be an Activist These Days’: Gadfly Investors Trail Stock-Market Returns - WSJ
Predicting the Foraging Habitats of Sympatrically Breeding Gadfly Petrels in the South Pacific Ocean - Frontiers
Column: R.I.P. Evelyn Y. Davis, 89, the corporate gadfly’s gadfly - Los Angeles Times
Appiah Stadium, Mahama’s gadfly and discontinued prosecutions - 3News
Word of the Day: gadfly (Published 2022) - The New York Times
Documentary Review: New York teens run a campaign for president — “American Gadfly” - rogersmovienation.com
Bloomberg Plans to Discontinue Financial Commentary Brand Gadfly - WSJ
Punk band Gadfly to play reunion show - Journal & Courier
The Education Gadfly Weekly: Doing educational equity right: Grading - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
The Gadfly Letter Apostolate - Catholic World Report
CSotD: The Gadfly Factor - The Daily Cartoonist
L.A. County got a restraining order against a foul-mouthed gadfly. He denies making threats - Los Angeles Times
Impeachment Appeal Pushes Justin Amash From G.O.P. Gadfly to Insurgent (Published 2019) - The New York Times
Statistical Plotting with Julia: Gadfly.jl - Towards Data Science
Performers get into character for the debut of "The Great Gadfly" - Nevada Appeal
LA City Hall gadfly won’t face charges for racist comments directed at councilman - Los Angeles Daily News
Coming out as a gadfly: 8 years of blogging for The Mennonite - Anabaptist World
Bibek Debroy (1955-2024): A gadfly who wrapped erudition about mythology around market economics - Scroll.in
Education Gadfly Show #848: Talking about “Unbundling” with Bellwether’s Julie Squire - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Audience Members Get in on the Act in ‘The Great Gadfly’ - Carson Now
Sex, Drugs and Economics: The Double Life of a Conservative Gadfly - The New York Times
Bob Bozic, the Most Interesting (and Irritating) Man in Beacon, NY, Releases Memoir - Hudson Valley Post
From governor to gadfly – What’s next for El-Rufai? - The Nation Newspaper
Gadfly Lawyer for Gilgo Beach Families Courts Cameras and Tipsters (Published 2023) - The New York Times
From Teenage Gadfly to Politico Reporter - Duke Today
Bacon loses lone GOP primary challenger, gains another in Omaha-area House race - Nebraska Examiner
The ‘Rebel’ and Human Rights Gadfly Seeking to Criminalize Ecocide - Undark Magazine
Education Gadfly Show #853: The Supreme Court and religious charters schools, with Nicole Garnett - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 23 – An Autumn Afternoon - CriterionCast
IBM is right, I am a gadfly - BetaNews
Goshen College history comes to life in “Gadfly: Sam Steiner Dodges the Draft” - Goshen College
Classical New Release: 'Dmitri Shostakovich: "The Gadfly"' - Interlochen Public Radio
A Persistent Gadfly Wins Again in the Supreme Court (Published 2018) - The New York Times
Police: East Lyme gadfly continues to vex officials - Yahoo
Anthony Bourdain: Chef, foodie, gadfly, master raconteur - Bergen Record
Gadfly files to challenge Pinellas Commissioner Charlie Justice - Tampa Bay Times
The Arrival of the Gadfly: A New Era of Accounting in Manassas - Prince William Living
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 15 – Day of Wrath - CriterionCast
Column: Stop thinking of Bernie Sanders as a gadfly. He’s the front-runner - Los Angeles Times
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 22 – Bob Roberts - CriterionCast
The Education Gadfly Weekly: Are smartphones and social media lowering test scores? - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
SA-11 Buk Missile Dating to Soviet Era Eyed in MH17 Attack - NBC News
Downey gadfly tests the boundaries of free speech - The Downey Patriot
Fiction Review: “The Year of the Gadfly” by Jennifer Miller - Newcity Lit
A Gadfly in the Pinot Noir (Published 2011) - The New York Times
Social gadfly - SYFY
Hamish At Home: Vogue’s Gadfly Comes in For a Hard Landing - Vogue
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 14 – Reality Bites - CriterionCast
In viral video, Mass. town official tells gadfly: ‘Go f— yourself’ - Boston.com
The Education Gadfly Weekly: School choice isn’t killing traditional public schools. It’s making them better. - The Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Swatting the Impish Gadfly – Jesse Russell - Law & Liberty
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 16 – Taste of Cherry - CriterionCast
Generation Change Philly: Gadfly for Good - The Philadelphia Citizen
Can Jonathan Haidt Calm the Culture Wars? - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Q&A: Alfredo Jaar, SCAD speaker and global gadfly, on "recuperating the power of images" - ARTS ATL
Cinema Gadfly – Episode 24 – The Happiness of the Katakuris - CriterionCast
The Charming Gadfly Who Saved the High Line (Published 2007) - The New York Times
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'gadfly'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
gafly,   hadfly,   gadfy,   gadflyy,   gaddly,   gadlfy,   gsdfly,   gaddfly,   gaffly,   fadfly,   gdafly,   gadfl,   ggadfly,   agdfly,   gadffly,   gadfyl,   gadly,   gdfly,   gafdly,   gadflt,   gadgly,   gadflu,   gasfly,   gadflly,   gadf;y,   adfly,   gaadfly,   gadfky
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
Go to Page 1              Go to Page 2 »   
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z