bedevil

Verb

bedevil (third-person singular simple present bedevils, present participle (US) bedeviling or (UK) bedevilling, simple past and past participle (US) bedeviled or (UK) bedevilled)

1. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
   • Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
   • Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022

   Synonyms:

   disturb, molest, pester, aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass

2. To perplex or bewilder.

   Synonyms:

   befuddle, bemuse, addle, baffle, vex, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound

3. (originally) To possess (someone's mind).

   Synonyms:

   bodyjack