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In the long run, debates and policy developments in this area are bedeviled by a simple lack of knowledge. From the Cambridge English Corpus All population statistics are bedevilled by the different measures used in the census and the ways in which the figures can be presented.
Questions about safety have bedeviled the facility, especially after a leak of radioactive waste in 2013. From Gizmodo Some victims are isolated loners while others are bedeviled by their own friends or social rivals.
The project has been bedeviled by problems since its inception. Recent Examples on the Web The Long Shadow of Xinjiang Beijing has acted with a sense of impunity in Xinjiang, but its abuses there could bedevil foreign relations with the Muslim world.
verb (used with object) , be·dev·iled, be·dev·il·ing or (especially British) be·dev·illed, be·dev·il·ling. to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries. to possess, as with a devil; bewitch.
Synonyms for BEDEVILED: bewildered, dazed, confused, distracted, stunned, dizzy, befuddled, silly; Antonyms of BEDEVILED: conscious, alert, clearheaded, aided, assisted, helped, abetted, delivered.
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense bedevils, present participle bedevilling, past tense, past participle bedevilled regional note: in AM, use bedeviling, bedeviled verb If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
Definition of bedevil verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to cause a lot of problems for someone or something over a long period of time synonym beset The expedition was bedeviled by bad weather. This injury bedeviled him throughout his career.
confound: an issue bedeviled by prejudices. to beset or hamper continuously: a new building bedeviled by elevator failures.
To bedevil means to cause trouble, or, when talking about a person, to torment or harass. Bedevil has nothing to do with the eggs you eat on a picnic. Those are just plain deviled. And although, in the 1570s, bedeviled could be taken to mean literally "possessed," the word no longer involves an actual devil, either.
