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to bedevil
01
to continuously create problems for someone or something
Transitive: to bedevil sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
bedevil
3rd person singular
bedevils
Present participle
bedeviling
Past simple
bedeviled
Past participle
bedeviled
Examples
Technical glitches seemed to bedevil the software launch.
02
to cause great confusion, distress, or trouble
Transitive: to bedevil sb
Examples
The complicated instructions completely bedeviled me.
03
to torment or repeatedly trouble someone
Transitive: to bedevil sb
Examples
The relentless teasing from his classmates seemed to bedevil him every day.
Lexical Tree
bedevilment
bedevil
devil
