Antonyms for bedevil
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-dev-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈdɛv əl |
Definition of bedevil
Origin :- 1768, "to treat diabolically, abuse," from be- + verbal use of devil (q.v.). Meaning "to mischievously confuse" is from 1755; that of "to drive frantic" is from 1823. Related: Bedeviled (1570s, in a literal sense, "possessed"); bedeviling.
- verb plague
- verb confuse
- What's become of that little boot-black that you used to bedevil?
- Extract from : « Gabriel Conroy » by Bert Harte
- And I love him for it, although I believe I do like to bedevil him a little.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Wife » by Arthur Stringer
- Which, by the same token, presently lost track of him entirely, and wandered off to find and bedevil some other poor devil.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Paul Kelpy, thou wert an honest cut-throat, to bedevil so good a house: we turn it to account—ha, ha!
- Extract from : « Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) » by John P. Kennedy
- Of all the vegetables calculated to bedevil human beings, he decided, growing corn was the worst.
- Extract from : « The Duck-footed Hound » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- This contract in a very few years arose to bedevil the railroad situation in the North Country.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad » by Edward Hungerford
- I've been listening to you trying to bedevil that man out there, but I'm afraid your humor is a little on the slap-stick order.
- Extract from : « Wide Courses » by James Brendan Connolly
Synonyms for bedevil
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