<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>bedeviled, bedeviling or (especially British) bedevilled, bedevilling</li><li>to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries</li><li>to possess, as with a devil; bewitch</li><li>to cause confusion or doubt in; muddle; confound: an issue bedeviled by prejudices</li><li>to beset or hamper continuously: a new building bedeviled by elevator failures</li></ul>