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1. Treat cruelly
   "The children bedevilled the stuttering teacher"
   - torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate
    
2. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
   "These questions bedevil even the experts"
   - confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, confound, discombobulate

Derived forms: bedeviled, bedeviling, bedevilling, bedevils, bedevilled

See also: bedevilment

Type of: be, beset, chevvy [non-standard], chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke