Associations to the word «Bedevil»

Wiktionary

BEDEVIL, verb. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
BEDEVIL, verb. To perplex or bewilder.

Dictionary definition

BEDEVIL, verb. Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher".
BEDEVIL, verb. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley