| VERB | emotion | bedevil, torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | bedevil, confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, confound, discombobulate | be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
| Sounds | bihdeh'vahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | treat cruelly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate | |
| Narrower | hamstring | make ineffective or powerless |
| madden | Drive up the wall | |
| persecute, oppress | Cause to suffer | |
| tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | annoy persistently | |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
| Spanish | atormentar, frustrar, martirizar, torturar | |
| Catalan | frustrar, martiritzar, torturar, turmentar | |
| Nouns | bedevilment | the act of harassing someone |
| Meaning | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The performance is likely to bedevil Sue | |
| Synonyms | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, confound, discombobulate | |
| Narrower | demoralize | confuse or put into disorder |
| disorient, disorientate | Cause to be lost or disoriented | |
| perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | Be a mystery or bewildering to | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Similar to | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off | Cause to feel embarrassment |
| Spanish | aturdir, confundir, dejar perplejo, desorientar, tirar | |
| Catalan | confondre, deixar perplex, desconcertar, desorientar, embolicar, embrollar, ofuscar, tirar, torbar | |
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