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Verb: bedevil (bedevilled,bedevilling, or [US] bedeviled,bedeviling)  bi'devul
  1. Treat cruelly
    - torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate
     
  2. Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    - confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, confound, discombobulate

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

See also: bedevilment

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