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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the
agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical
influence; to torment.
[1913 Webster]
Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
--Sterne.
[1913 Webster]
2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the
agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical
influence; to torment.
Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
--Sterne.
2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
bedevil
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate]
2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled
even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, confound, discombobulate]
[also: bedevilling, bedevilled]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bedevil
vb.
1 To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
2 To perplex or bewilder.
3 (lb en originally) To possess (someone's mind).
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
bedevil
vb.
1 To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
2 To perplex or bewilder.
3 (lb en originally) To possess (someone's mind).
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
bedevil
vb.
1 To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
2 To perplex or bewilder.
3 (lb en originally) To possess (someone's mind).
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
bedevil
vb.
1 To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
2 To perplex or bewilder.
3 (lb en originally) To possess (someone's mind).
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
bedevil
Englanti vb.
sotkea, mutkistaa, vaivata, kiusata
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Bedevil /bɪdˈɛvəl/
عرقل
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bedevil /bɪdˈɛvəl/
zmást
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bedevil /bɪdˈɛvəl/
obtěžovat
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
bedevil /bɪdˈɛvəl/
sužovat
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
bedevil /bɪdˈɛvəl/
verhexen, behexen
see: bedevilling, bedevilled, bedevils, bedevilled
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
bedevil /bɪdˈɛvəl/
καταβασανίζω, ταλαιπορώ
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
bedevil /bɪˈdevəl/
be bedeviled by (be V: :bedeviled :by)
- być gnębionym przez
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
bedevil /bɪdˈɛvəl/
1. çileden çıkartmak, azap vermek, eziyet etmek
2. cinnet getirtmek
3. bozmak, ifsat etmek. bedevilment çileden çıkartma.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/bɪˈdɛvəɫ/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "bedevil":
aggravate, annoy, badger, bait, be at, beset, bewitch, bother,
bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chivy, demonize, devil,
devilize, diabolize, discompose, distemper, disturb, dog,
exasperate, exercise, fash, get, gripe, harass, harry, heckle,
hector, hex, hoodoo, hound, irk, jinx, miff, molest, nag, needle,
nettle, nudzh, obsess, overlook, peeve, persecute, pester, pick on,
pique, plague, pluck the beard, possess, pother, provoke, ride,
rile, roil, ruffle, tantalize, tease, torment, try the patience,
tweak the nose, vex, voodoo, witch, worry
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 使痛苦,使苦恼,虐待;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 使痛苦,使苦恼,虐待
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