Synonyms:
gnat
Meaning: any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
Usage examples
Poor Jane suffers worse from this gnat than you or I. Put up with it; and understand in your own mind that when he comes for another twenty pounds he must have it.
Never saw such clouds of stingers before," said Corny, looking at his scratched hands, and rubbing his hot face in great discomfort,--for it was the gnat that drove the lion mad, you remember.