bedeviled
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bedevilled, past participle; bedeviled, past tense; bedevils, 3rd person singular present; bedeviled, past participle; bedevilling, present participle; bedevilled, past tense; bedeviling, present participle;
/biˈdevəl/,
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bedevilled, past participle; bedeviled, past tense; bedevils, 3rd person singular present; bedeviled, past participle; bedevilling, present participle; bedevilled, past tense; bedeviling, present participle;
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(of something bad) Cause great and continual trouble to
- - inconsistencies that bedevil modern English spelling
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(of a person) Torment or harass
- - he bedeviled them with petty practical jokes
Web Definitions:
- (bedevil) torment: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- (bedevil) confuse: 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"
- The Bedeviled is a 1975 Hong Kong horror film directed by Lo Wei and released under the Golden Harvest banner.
- Bedevil is a 1993 Australian horror film directed by Tracey Moffatt. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
- (bedevil) To harass or cause trouble for; to plague; To perplex or bewilder
- (bedevil) to torment mercilessly, to plague – It’s the little things that bedevil losing teams.
- with producer John Dunning. JVJ Productions.