bedevil

Verb

Verb Forms: bedeviled, bedeviling, bedevils, bedevilled, bedevilling

• To torment or harass maliciously.
• treat cruelly
• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
• To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
• To perplex or bewilder.
• To possess (someone's mind).

Examples

• A rack full of vowels will bedevil even the most experienced player.
• Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.

Synonyms

befuddle, confound, confuse, crucify, discombobulate, dun, fox, frustrate, fuddle, rag, throw, torment, Idioms:, aggravate, annoy, antagonize, badger, baffle, baffound, bait, bamboozle, bedevil, beleaguer, bemuse, beset, bewilder, bodyjack, boil someone's piss, bother, botherate, bug, bumfuzzle, burn up, chap someone's hide, cheese off, chevy, complicate, confuddle, confuzzle, dazzle, devil, disconcert, disgruntle, disturb, dumbfound, exasperate, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flummox, flurry, fluster, get, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get someone's Irish up, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, get up, give someone grief, give someone the shits, grate, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harass, harry, harsh one's mellow, hassle, hound, irk, irritate, jazz, jumble, knot, lose, mix up, molest, mommick, nark, pee off, peeve, perplex, persecute, pester, pick at, pique, piss off, plague, provoke, put someone's back up, puzzle, raise someone's hackles, rankle, rile, rile up, roil, rub someone the wrong way, rub up the wrong way, ruffle, ruffle someone's feathers, stick, sting, storm, tee off, test someone's patience, tick off, torque off, trouble, try one's patience, vex, wind up