bedevil
verb/bɪˈdevl/
/bɪˈdevl/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bedevil | /bɪˈdevl/ /bɪˈdevl/ |
| he / she / it bedevils | /bɪˈdevlz/ /bɪˈdevlz/ |
| past simple bedevilled | /bɪˈdevld/ /bɪˈdevld/ |
| past participle bedevilled | /bɪˈdevld/ /bɪˈdevld/ |
| (US English) past simple bedeviled | /bɪˈdevld/ /bɪˈdevld/ |
| (US English) past participle bedeviled | /bɪˈdevld/ /bɪˈdevld/ |
| -ing form bedevilling | /bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ /bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form bedeviling | /bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ /bɪˈdevlɪŋ/ |
- bedevil somebody/something to cause a lot of problems for somebody/something over a long period of time synonym beset
- The expedition was bedevilled by bad weather.
- This injury bedevilled him throughout his career.
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