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Bedevil   /bɪdˈɛvəl/   Listen
verb
Bedevil  v. t.  (past & past part. bedevilled; pres. part. 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."
2.
To spoil; to corrupt.





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"Bedevil" Quotes from Famous Books



... disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder &c 59; muss [U.S.]; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon. unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear. turn topsy-turvy &c (invert) 218; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound; imbrangle^, embrangle^, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle^, dishevel, ruffle; rumple &c (fold) 258. litter, scatter; mix &c 41. rearrange &c 148. Adj. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


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