Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of bedeviling, or the state of being bedeviled; especially, a state of bewildering or vexatious disorder or confusion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The characteristic of being
bedeviled .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of harassing someone
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Examples
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Mr. Tate, his dog under his arm, paused at the door to fling over his shoulder another muttered taunt about "bedevilment," and disappeared.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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Gilead, Ames perceives Jack's questions at a gathering with the Boughtons about predestination as another of his familiar efforts at "bedevilment:" simply trying to cause problems, embarrassment or conflict between Ames and Old Boughton by toying with their differing theological commitments.
The Daily Register NCRegister 2010
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During Samhain, people outfitted themselves in masks and costumes as a sort of protection ritual, believing that one could successfully hide behind such a disguise and thereby escape bedevilment by the masses of spirits on the loose.
Donna Henes: Doing Death Before it Does Us Donna Henes 2011
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During Samhain, people outfitted themselves in masks and costumes as a sort of protection ritual, believing that one could successfully hide behind such a disguise and thereby escape bedevilment by the masses of spirits on the loose.
Donna Henes: Holy Halloween: A Day to Dance with Death Donna Henes 2010
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During Samhain, people outfitted themselves in masks and costumes as a sort of protection ritual, believing that one could successfully hide behind such a disguise and thereby escape bedevilment by the masses of spirits on the loose.
Donna Henes: Holy Halloween: A Day to Dance with Death Donna Henes 2010
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During Samhain, people outfitted themselves in masks and costumes as a sort of protection ritual, believing that one could successfully hide behind such a disguise and thereby escape bedevilment by the masses of spirits on the loose.
Donna Henes: Holy Halloween: A Day to Dance with Death Donna Henes 2010
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During Samhain, people outfitted themselves in masks and costumes as a sort of protection ritual, believing that one could successfully hide behind such a disguise and thereby escape bedevilment by the masses of spirits on the loose.
Donna Henes: Doing Death Before it Does Us Donna Henes 2011
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During Samhain, people outfitted themselves in masks and costumes as a sort of protection ritual, believing that one could successfully hide behind such a disguise and thereby escape bedevilment by the masses of spirits on the loose.
Donna Henes: Holy Halloween: A Day to Dance with Death Donna Henes 2010
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His list of vices began and ended with the bedevilment of opposing pitchers.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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I'm sure the establishment does this sort of thing for bedevilment.
Porter Not Free Yet.... Newmania 2007
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