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   Be·dev·il

   /bəˈdev(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to: "inconsistencies that bedevil modern English spelling"
   • ▪ (of a person) torment or harass: "he bedeviled them with petty practical jokes"

   Derivatives

   • 1. bedevilment noun

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   • Pick the best ones! Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of BEDEVIL is to possess with or as if with a devil. How to use bedevil in a sentence.

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   What is the meaning of bedevilment?

   • 1. To torment mercilessly; plague. 2. To worry, annoy, or frustrate. 3. To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch. 4. To spoil; ruin. be·dev′il·ment n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   • All population statistics are bedevilled by the different measures used in the census and the ways in which the figures can be presented. The teaching of reading had been bedevilled by wrong theory and by people ignoring abundant evidence on what really works best.

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   A false dichotomy between good "secular nationalism" and bad "religious communalism" in statist historiography has long bedevilled our understanding of late nineteenth- and early twentiethcentury anti-colonialism.

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   The meaning of BEDEVIL is to possess with or as if with a devil. How to use bedevil in a sentence.

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   to confuse, annoy, or cause problems or difficulties for someone or something: Ever since I started playing tennis, I've been bedevilled by back pains. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure. aggravate. aggrieve. alienate. anger. annoy.

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   1. to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically. 2. to possess as if with a devil; bewitch. 3. to cause confusion or doubt in; muddle; confound. 4. to beset or hamper continuously: a new building bedeviled by elevator failures. [1760–70] be•dev′il•ment, n.

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