bedevil
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bedevil (third-person singular simple present bedevils, present participle bedeviling or bedevilling, simple past and past participle bedeviled or bedevilled)
- To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
- 2013, Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto V, scene: The Third Way:
- Michael De Santa (Ned Luke): You know, Devin [Devin Winston], the way I see it, and hey, I'm no intelligent businessman like you, but the way I see it, there's two great evils that bedevil American capitalism of the type that you practice.
- To perplex or bewilder.
- (originally) To possess (someone's mind).
Usage notes
[edit]- The spellings bedeviling and bedeviled are preferred in the US, while bedevilling and bedevilled are preferred in the UK. However, the choice of spellings is not universal.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to harass
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