Inflation continues to bedevil the global economy.
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Bedevil
//bɪˈdɛvəl//
Synonyms for "bedevil" (206 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (61)
Verb(43 words)
burn upchap someone's hidecheese offchevycomplicateconfuddleconfuzzlecrucifydazzledevildisconcertdisgruntledisturbdumbfounddunentangleexasperateferhoodleflabagastflabbergast
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flabbergasterflummoxflurryflusterfoxgetget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget someone's back upget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish upget someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skinget upgive someone griefgive someone the shitsgrategrief
Related words (103)
Verb(60 words)
grind one's gearsgrotchhack offharassharryharsh one's mellowhasslehoundidioms:irkirritatejazzjumbleknotlosemix upmolestmommickmuddlemuddy
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narknervenettlepee offpeeveperplexpersecuteperturbpesterpick atpiquepiss offplagueprovokeput someone's back uppuzzleragraise someone's hacklesrankleravelrilerile uproilrub someone the wrong wayrub up the wrong wayruffleruffle someone's feathersstickstingstormstumptee offtest someone's patiencetick offtormenttorque offtroubletry one's patiencevexwind up
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4 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
3 entries- endiablar verb (to harass)
- endimoniar verb (to harass)
- turmentar verb (to harass)
French
2 entries- harceler verb (to harass)
- tourmenter verb (to harass)
German
2 entries- heimsuchen verb (to harass)
- plagen verb (to harass)
Italian
2 entries- assillare verb (to harass)
- tormentare verb (to harass)
Portuguese
1 entries- atormentar verb (to harass)
Romanian
1 entries- hărțui verb (to harass)
Russian
2 entries- му́чить verb (to harass)
- терза́ть verb (to harass)
Spanish
1 entries- atormentar verb (to harass)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
Source: wiktionary
Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.
Source: wiktionary
Such amity is no small thing. The narrowing world of Yiddish theater has been bedeviled with one “broyges — a cherished term for a falling out — after another
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