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bedeviling

bedeviling is the present participle and gerund of bedevil.

Meaning of 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.
  2. To perplex or bewilder.
  3. (originally) To possess (someone's mind).
    Synonyms:
    bodyjack

Noun

bedeviling (plural bedevilings)

  1. An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.

Forms of bedeviling

Verb
alternative formbedevilling
Noun
pluralbedevilings

Questions about bedeviling

What does bedeviling mean?
Bedeviling means an act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
What is bedeviling the present participle and gerund of?
Bedeviling is the present participle and gerund of bedevil.
What part of speech is bedeviling?
Bedeviling is a noun.
What is the plural of bedeviling?
The plural of bedeviling is bedevilings.

Words near bedeviling in the dictionary

  1. bedeswomen
  2. bedevil
  3. bedeviled
  4. bedeviler
  5. bedevilers
  6. bedeviling
  7. bedevilings
  8. bedevilled
  9. bedeviller
  10. bedevillers
  11. bedevilling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bedeviling (page history and authors); bedevil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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