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bedevil
[ bih-dev-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
- to possess, as with a devil; bewitch.
- to cause confusion or doubt in; muddle; confound:
an issue bedeviled by prejudices.
- to beset or hamper continuously:
a new building bedeviled by elevator failures.
bedevil
/ bɪˈdɛvəl /
verb
- to harass or torment
- to throw into confusion
- to possess, as with a devil
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Derived Forms
- beˈdevilment, noun
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Other Words From
- be·devil·ment noun
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Example Sentences
Matthew Yglesias on how President Obama can woo back liberals, bedevil the GOP—and change the outcome this fall.
And the rifts produced by the idea-besotted '60s continue to bedevil us.
What's become of that little boot-black that you used to bedevil?
Of all the vegetables calculated to bedevil human beings, he decided, growing corn was the worst.
This contract in a very few years arose to bedevil the railroad situation in the North Country.
I've been listening to you trying to bedevil that man out there, but I'm afraid your humor is a little on the slap-stick order.
These miserable slaves and reptiles—mongrel Spaniards and mongrel Indians—can not very long bedevil that great country.
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