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Bedevilment

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The characteristic of being bedeviled.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of bedeviling, or the state of being bedeviled; especially, a state of bewildering or vexatious disorder or confusion.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the act of harassing someone

Word Usage

"Gilead, Ames perceives Jack's questions at a gathering with the Boughtons about predestination as another of his familiar efforts at "bedevilment:" simply trying to cause problems, embarrassment or conflict between Ames and Old Boughton by toying with their differing theological commitments."

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harassment molestation

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