BEDEVIL Meaning of BEDEVIL in English [be.dev.il] vt (1574) 1: to possess with or as if with a devil 2: to cause distress: trouble 3: to change for the worse: spoil 4: to confuse utterly: bewilder -- be.dev.il.ment n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012