Found 2 items, similar to bedevil.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bedevil bedevil v 1: treat cruelly; “The children tormented the stuttering teacher” [syn: torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate] 2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; “These questions confuse even the experts”; “This question completely threw me”; “This question befuddled even the teacher” [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, confound, discombobulate] [also: bedevilling, bedevilled]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bedevil Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. 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. [1913 Webster] Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. --Sterne. [1913 Webster] 2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright. [1913 Webster]