資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
bedevil
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {crucify}, {dun}, {frustrate}]
2: 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" [syn: {confuse}, {throw}, {fox}, {befuddle},
{fuddle}, {confound}, {discombobulate}]
[also: {bedevilling}, {bedevilled}]
bedevilling
See {bedevil}