Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb UK Simple past tense and past participle of
bedevil .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bedevilled.
Examples
-
Knipe said publication of the man's picture had "bedevilled" the investigation.
-
Submit your comment A task team convened to look into the "bedevilled" affairs of the SABC has found some progress has been made in its turnaround strategy, Communications
WN.com - Articles related to Steel industry crucial to renewable energy efforts 2010
-
It was one of the features that had "bedevilled" the case, he said.
BBC News - Home 2010
-
Given the severity of the knee trouble that has bedevilled King's career, it said much that the defender was starting a match for the second time in seven days.
Tottenham lose their attacking rhythm with Harry Redknapp absent 2012
-
The arts and cultural sector has been bedevilled by almost 30 years of attempts to prove its worth in terms of 'impact', both social and economic with recent work looking into the intrinsic impact of participation.
Economics speaks louder than words when making the case for UK culture 2011
-
He didn't even blame the drink, which he had reason to, given it had bedevilled his poor mother's life.
Football's modern-day delinquents make me pine for George Best | Kevin Mitchell 2011
-
Even the fiercest hunting animals we so bedevilled that they learned to leave our places alone.
CHAPTER VI 2010
-
Nick Hardwick, the chief inspector of prisons, says the system, under which "100% of prisoners, 100% of the time had to leave an electronic thumbprint" whenever they moved from one part of the jail to another, bedevilled the operation of the entire jail.
Prison hampered by flaws in hi-tech roll call system, report reveals 2012
-
The decision-making is bedevilled by what Financial Times columnist Philip Stephens calls "reverse nimbyism", which "decrees the NHS offers an 'everything everywhere' service and local hospitals are deemed sacrosanct".
-
The question of how to revitalize Britain's economically moribund regions has bedevilled successive governments for at least three decades.
How Big Government Killed Britain's Regions Warwick Lightfoot 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.