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    be·dev·il
    [bəˈdev(ə)l]
    verb
    bedeviled (past tense) · bedeviled (past participle)
    1. (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to:
      "inconsistencies that bedevil modern English spelling"
      • (of a person) torment or harass:
        "he bedeviled them with petty practical jokes"
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    1. (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to:
      trouble
      afflict
      pain
      beset
      rack
      curse
      distress
      bother
      worry
      sicken
      be the matter with
     
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  1. The term "bedeviled" means12:
    • To confuse, annoy, or cause problems or difficulties for someone or something.
    • To beset or hamper continuously.
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    to confuse, annoy, or cause problems or difficulties for someone or something: Ever since I started playing tennis, I've been bedevilled by back pains.

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    to beset or hamper continuously: a new building bedeviled by elevator failures.

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    What does bedevil mean?
    Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of BEDEVIL is to possess with or as if with a devil. How to use bedevil in a sentence.

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    What does it mean if a person is bedeviled?
    To bedevil means to cause trouble, or, when talking about a person, to torment or harass. Bedevil has nothing to do with the eggs you eat on a picnic. Those are just plain deviled. And although, in the 1570s, bedeviled could be taken to mean literally "possessed," the word no longer involves an actual devil, either.

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    What is a bedevil problem?
    • Off the field problems which have bedevilled the club in recent times have been buried. • The same problem bedevils the men. bedevil meaning, definition, what is bedevil: to cause a lot of problems and difficult...: Learn more.

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    What does bedevilled mean?
    If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time. ...a problem that has bedevilled service industries for decades. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4.

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    What is the meaning of bedevilment?
    1. To torment mercilessly; plague. 2. To worry, annoy, or frustrate. 3. To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch. 4. To spoil; ruin. be·dev′il·ment n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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    What if you are bedevilled by something unpleasant?
    If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time. [formal] [...] Fill in the blank with the correct answer. I read quite ______. Click to learn more. Love grammar? You can access the full Collins Easy Learning English Grammar . Well done! present simple: I bedevil, you bedevil [...]

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