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Bedevil   /bɪdˈɛvəl/   Listen
Bedevil

verb
(past & past part. bedevilled; pres. part. bedeviling or bedevilling)
1.
Treat cruelly.  Synonyms: crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment.
2.
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.  Synonyms: befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw.  "This question completely threw me" , "This question befuddled even the teacher"



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Words linked to "Bedevil" :   stupefy, hassle, baffle, chevvy, puzzle, get, badger, amaze, torment, vex, harass, demoralize, confuse, discombobulate, hamstring, disconcert, tease, chevy, beat, madden, pose, plague, flurry, disorientate, oppress, dun, be, chivy, put off, befuddle, beleaguer, harry, molest, persecute, mystify, perplex, bedevilment, pester, confound, nonplus, disorient, beset, frustrate, provoke, flummox, bug, chivvy, bewilder, dumbfound, throw, stick, gravel



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