Found 2 items, similar to bedevilling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bedevilling
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]
bedevilling
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bedevil
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bedevilling
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.
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2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
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