bedevil
verb (used with object)
to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
bedeviled
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past participleof bedevil.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bedevil.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bedevilverb (used with object)to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
Example Sentences
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The model is a response to another problem that has bedeviled the explosives industry: Nobody wants a bomb factory in their backyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
A question has bedeviled a wealthy Lake Tahoe enclave for years: Who is poisoning the towering trees that stand sentry on the lake’s North Shore?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
A question has bedeviled a wealthy Lake Tahoe enclave for years: Who is poisoning the towering trees that stand sentry on the North Shore?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
But if you are an AI company about to launch an IPO, you say that very soon you will cure cancers, produce music only angels have heard, solve equations that have bedeviled mankind for millennia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The questions of the physical location of the Museum, as well as its layout and exact relationship to the Library, have long bedeviled experts.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
