gadfly Definition

cuss, blighter, pest, pesterer, redoubtable, iconoclast, windbag, curmudgeon, satirist, busybody, provocateur, blowhard, pontificator, pamphleteer, grandstander, agitator, naysayer, denizen, muckraker, polemicist, bon vivant, activist, crusader, blogger, basher, politician, proselytizer, meddler, naderite, detractor, ironist, newspaperman, dilettante, penny pincher, moralizer, hizzoner, carpetbagger, underminer, bloviator, maverick, freethinker, ranter, doomsayer, moralist, poobah, wonk, critic, pundit, griper, politico, panderer, chatterer, humorist, neophyte, spinmeister, grumblers, controversialist, loudmouth, punster, businessperson, lincoln steffens, impresario, loose cannon, newshound, zealot, bigwig, wiseacre, kibitzer, skirt chaser, misanthrope, testifier, prankster, pols, huckster, scrapper, noodge, chronicler, prevaricator, interloper, egghead, mudslinger, firebrand, councilman, buffoon, backslider, tightwad, nutcase, junkie, prig, irascibility, vulgarian, columnist, egotist, egomaniac, rascal, braggart, bozo, esthete, scribbler, grand inquisitor,