'Bedevil' definitions:

Definition of 'bedevil'

From: WordNet
verb
Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate]
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" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate]

Definition of 'Bedevil'

From: GCIDE
  • Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
  • 1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. [1913 Webster]
  • Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. --Sterne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright. [1913 Webster]