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English-Thai Dictionary

bedevil

VT ทำให้ เป็นปัญหา มาก และ ยาวนาน  tham-hai-pen-pan-ha-mak-lae-yao-nan

 

bedevilment

N การ สาปแช่ง 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.

 

2. To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.

 

BEDEVILMENT

BEDEVILMENT Be *dev "il *ment, n.

 

Defn: The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble. [Colloq. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bedevil

be dev il |biˈdevəl bəˈdɛvəl | verb ( bedevils, bedeviling, bedeviled; also chiefly Brit. bedevils, bedevilling, bedevilled ) [ with obj. ] (of something bad ) cause great and continual trouble to: inconsistencies that bedevil modern English spelling. (of a person ) torment or harass: he bedeviled them with petty practical jokes. DERIVATIVES be dev il ment noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

bedevil

be |devil |bɪˈdɛv (ə )l | verb ( bedevils, bedevilling, bedevilled; US bedevils, bedeviling, bedeviled ) [ with obj. ] (of something bad ) cause great and continual trouble to: projects like this are bedevilled by a shortage of cash. (of a person ) torment or harass: he bedevilled them with petty practical jokes. DERIVATIVES bedevilment noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bedevil

bedevil verb past mistakes that continue to bedevil her | he accused Congress of allowing "single-interest-group " politics to bedevil U.S. foreign policy: afflict, torment, beset, assail, beleaguer, plague, blight, rack, oppress, harry, curse, dog; harass, distress, trouble, worry, torture; frustrate, vex, annoy, irritate, irk.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bedevil

bedevil verb the party was bedevilled by internal dissensions: afflict, torment, beset, assail, beleaguer, plague, blight, harrow, rack, oppress, harry, curse, dog; harass, distress, trouble, worry, torture; frustrate, annoy, vex, irritate, pester, irk, exasperate, strain; informal aggravate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bedevil

be dev il /bɪdév (ə )l /動詞 devil 他動詞 かたく 1 …を混乱させる, 当惑させる .2 …に意地悪をする, …をいじめる, ひどく苦しめる ; …を口ぎたなくののしる .3 …に悪魔をとりつかせる ; …を魅惑する .4 …をだめにする ; …を腐敗させる .

 

bedevilment

be d v il ment 名詞 U 混乱 ; 苦しめること .