Gadfly
//ˈɡædflaɪ//
Translations of "gadfly" (7 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | provokatør(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant), urostifter(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant) | — | |
| Finnish | häirikkö(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant), piikittelijä(person or thing that irritates or instigates) | — | |
| French | casse-pieds(person or thing that irritates or instigates), empêcheur de tourner en rond(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant) | — | |
| German | Querulant(person or thing that irritates or instigates), Querulant(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant), Quälgeist(person or thing that irritates or instigates), Quälgeist(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant), Störenfried(person or thing that irritates or instigates), Störenfried(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant) | — | |
| Persian | خرمگس جمع(person who upsets the status quo by posing novel or upsetting questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by being an irritant) | xar-magas-e jam' | |
| Spanish | moscón(person or thing that irritates or instigates) | — | |
| Turkish | baş belası(person or thing that irritates or instigates) | — |
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.