Definitions for bedevils

bedevils be·dev·il

Spelling: [bih-dev-uh l]
IPA: /bɪˈdɛv əl/

Bedevils is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 251 anagrams from letters in bedevils (bdeeilsv).

Definitions for bedevils

verb (used with object)

  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:
  4. to beset or hamper continuously:

Origin of bedevils

First recorded in 1760-70; be- + devil

Examples for bedevils

Which, by the same token, presently lost track of him entirely, and wandered off to find and bedevil some other poor devil.

I've been listening to you trying to bedevil that man out there, but I'm afraid your humor is a little on the slap-stick order.

And the rifts produced by the idea-besotted '60s continue to bedevil us.

What's become of that little boot-black that you used to bedevil?

And I love him for it, although I believe I do like to bedevil him a little.

Paul Kelpy, thou wert an honest cut-throat, to bedevil so good a house: we turn it to account—ha, ha!

Matthew Yglesias on how President Obama can woo back liberals, bedevil the GOP—and change the outcome this fall.

Of all the vegetables calculated to bedevil human beings, he decided, growing corn was the worst.

This contract in a very few years arose to bedevil the railroad situation in the North Country.

Word Value for bedevils
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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