bedevil Definition
be·devil (bē dev′əl, bi-)
transitive verb -·iled or -·illed, -·il·ing or -·il·ling
- to plague diabolically; torment; harass
- to possess as with a devil; bewitch
- to confuse completely; muddle
- to corrupt; spoil
bedevil Related Forms
be·dev′·il·ment noun
bedevil Synonyms
bedevil
v.
bedevil Usage Examples
Object
- attempt: The same criticisms have bedeviled past attempts at similar handheld PC concepts.
- relation: However, there was also a problem of generation bedeviling good relations between the two branches of the family.
- entrepreneur: It quot he says father later went also bedevil entrepreneurs.
- industry: In an industry bedeviled by litigation, Hamilton knows the big guns could resort to patent infringement suits to try to thwart Provis.
- relationship: He suggested British Asians should speak more English at home to " overcome the schizophrenia which bedevils generational relationships " .
- education: They break down old barriers which have bedeviled education for too long.
Preposition: with
problem: The voluntary sector has long been bedeviled with the problem of copyright permissions leading to increased bureaucracy and delays in production.
Subject
- problem: It is fair to report that most of these pilots were bedeviled by practical problems of implementation which greatly reduced their power.
- weather: Of course, the flight was bedeviled by weather, and you can't blame airlines for that.
- difficulty: She was at first bedeviled by high tide difficulties at Rothesay harbor, for the town's pier is notoriously low in the water.
Preposition: by
- problem: It is fair to report that most of these pilots were bedeviled by practical problems of implementation which greatly reduced their power.
- weather: Of course, the flight was bedeviled by weather, and you can't blame airlines for that.
- difficulty: She was at first bedeviled by high tide difficulties at Rothesay harbor, for the town's pier is notoriously low in the water.
Modifying Another Word
- often: The stronger chassis has eliminated the rattle which often bedeviled the MK IVs.
- still: However, such systems are still bedeviled by the presence of out-of-scope numbers which appear to ring but never reply.
- so: Above all, we had broken the inflationary psychology that had so bedeviled our economy.
- also: It quot he says father later went also bedevil entrepreneurs.
- now: The answer is clearly not in the manner that is now bedeviling the criminal justice system.
- particularly: A guide to pensions jargon - May 1999 Pensions are a subject that is particularly bedeviled with jargon.
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