bedevil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bedevil	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bedevil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bedevil v treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Synonym(s): torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate 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" Synonym(s): confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. --Sterne. 2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.