BEDEVIL


Meaning of BEDEVIL in English

(~s, ~ling, ~led)

Note: in AM, use '~ing', '~ed'

If you are ~led by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time. (FORMAL)

His career was ~led by injury.

...a problem that has ~led service industries for decades.

= beset

VERB: be V-ed, V n

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