bedevilment / bɪˈdɛv əl /

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bedevilment 的定义

v. 有主动词 verb

be·dev·iled, be·dev·il·ing or be·dev·illed, be·dev·il·ling.

  1. to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
  2. to possess, as with a devil; bewitch.
  3. to cause confusion or doubt in; muddle; confound: an issue bedeviled by prejudices.
  4. to beset or hamper continuously: a new building bedeviled by elevator failures.

bedevilment 近义词

bedevilment

等同于 harassment

更多bedevilment例句

  1. He felt as in some hideous dream—long-involved—a maze of delusion and bedevilment, from which there was no escape.
  2. Isabelle did not formulate any plan of bedevilment for the Captain, but she watched for opportunities with lynx-eyed attention.
  3. So I hope there is the greater chance of no such bedevilment happening to me.
  4. Scotland is the home of weird, uncanny creatures, who take lovely shapes for the bedevilment of poor weak souls.
  5. She had helped him—I had his own word for it that at Clockborough her bedevilment of the voters had really put him in.