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bedevilling

bedevilling 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

bedevilling (plural bedevillings)

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

Forms of bedevilling

Verb
alternative formbedeviling
Noun
pluralbedevillings

Questions about bedevilling

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

Words near bedevilling in the dictionary

  1. bedeviling
  2. bedevilings
  3. bedevilled
  4. bedeviller
  5. bedevillers
  6. bedevilling
  7. bedevillings
  8. bedevilment
  9. bedevilments
  10. bedevils
  11. bedew

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bedevilling (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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