slovo | definícia |
bedevil (mass) | bedevil
- obťažovať, zmiasť |
bedevil (encz) | bedevil,obtěžovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
bedevil (encz) | bedevil,sužovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
bedevil (encz) | bedevil,zmást Zdeněk Brož |
Bedevil (gcide) | Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the
agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical
influence; to torment.
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Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
--Sterne.
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2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
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bedevil (wn) | bedevil
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify,
dun, frustrate]
2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even
the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
bedevil (mass) | bedevil
- obťažovať, zmiasť |
bedevil (encz) | bedevil,obtěžovat v: Zdeněk Brožbedevil,sužovat v: Zdeněk Brožbedevil,zmást Zdeněk Brož |
bedevilment (encz) | bedevilment,sužování n: Zdeněk Brožbedevilment,týrání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bedeviling (gcide) | Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the
agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical
influence; to torment.
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Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
--Sterne.
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2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
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Bedevilled (gcide) | Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the
agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical
influence; to torment.
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Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
--Sterne.
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2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
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Bedevilling (gcide) | Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the
agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical
influence; to torment.
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Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
--Sterne.
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2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
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Bedevilment (gcide) | Bedevilment \Be*dev"il*ment\, n.
The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion;
vexatious trouble. [Colloq.]
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bedevil (wn) | bedevil
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify,
dun, frustrate]
2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even
the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate] |
bedevilment (wn) | bedevilment
n 1: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying,
torment, bedevilment] |
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