Bedevil

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To torment mercilessly; plague.
  • v. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
  • v. To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch.
  • v. To spoil; ruin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
  • v. To perplex or bewilder.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.
  • v. To spoil; to corrupt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To treat with diabolical violence or abuse.
  • To possess with or as with a devil.
  • To “play the devil with”; transform or confuse as if by the aid or agency of evil spirits; confound; muddle; corrupt; spoil.
  • To bewilder with worry; torment; bother; confuse.
  • To make a devil or devils of; bring into the condition of a devil: as, to bedevil mankind.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
  • v. treat cruelly
  • Verb Form
    Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spoil    corrupt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Devil    bevel    bevil    devil    dishevel    level    multilevel    revel