EGAVE

bedevil

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
    Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
  2. verb To perplex or bewilder.
  3. verb To possess (someone's mind).

Similar words

frustrate discombobulate fuddle befuddle confuse confound rag tantalize throw torment

Often followed by

the us him our a all his any me her

Word family

bedeviled bedeviling bedevilled bedevilling bedevilment bedevilments bedevils

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