Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bedevil
Participle: bedevilled
Gerund: bedevilling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bedevil |
| you | bedevil |
| he;she;it | bedevils |
| we | bedevil |
| you | bedevil |
| they | bedevil |
Perfect
| I | have bedevilled |
| you | have bedevilled |
| he;she;it | has bedevilled |
| we | have bedevilled |
| you | have bedevilled |
| they | have bedevilled |
Past
| I | bedevilled |
| you | bedevilled |
| he;she;it | bedevilled |
| we | bedevilled |
| you | bedevilled |
| they | bedevilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bedevilled |
| you | had bedevilled |
| he;she;it | had bedevilled |
| we | had bedevilled |
| you | had bedevilled |
| they | had bedevilled |
Future
| I | will bedevil |
| you | will bedevil |
| he;she;it | will bedevil |
| we | will bedevil |
| you | will bedevil |
| they | will bedevil |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bedevilled |
| you | will have bedevilled |
| he;she;it | will have bedevilled |
| we | will have bedevilled |
| you | will have bedevilled |
| they | will have bedevilled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bedevil |
| you | bedevil |
| he;she;it | bedevil |
| we | bedevil |
| you | bedevil |
| they | bedevil |
Perfect
| I | have bedevilled |
| you | have bedevilled |
| he;she;it | have bedevilled |
| we | have bedevilled |
| you | have bedevilled |
| they | have bedevilled |
Imperfect
| I | bedevilled |
| you | bedevilled |
| he;she;it | bedevilled |
| we | bedevilled |
| you | bedevilled |
| they | bedevilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bedevilled |
| you | had bedevilled |
| he;she;it | had bedevilled |
| we | had bedevilled |
| you | had bedevilled |
| they | had bedevilled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bedevil |
| you | would bedevil |
| he;she;it | would bedevil |
| we | would bedevil |
| you | would bedevil |
| they | would bedevil |
Perfect
| I | would have bedevilled |
| you | would have bedevilled |
| he;she;it | would have bedevilled |
| we | would have bedevilled |
| you | would have bedevilled |
| they | would have bedevilled |
Imperative
| you | bedevil |
| we | Let's bedevil |
| you | bedevil |
Verbs conjugated like 'bedevil'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bedevil'
bedeal,
beveil,
devil,
undevil,
bede,
bedear,
bedeck,
bedeem,
bedemon,
bedew,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1768, "to treat diabolically, abuse," from be- + devil (q.v.). Meaning "to drive frantic" is from 1823.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
7. Proto-Germanic *bider.
8. Proto-Germanic *bi-
9. Proto-West Germanic *bi-
10. Old English be-
11. Middle English bi-
12. English be-
13. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
14. Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
15. Ancient Greek διά (diá)
16. Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
17. Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
18. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
19. Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)
20. Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō)
21. Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor.
22. Latin diabolusbor.
23. Proto-West Germanic *diubul
24. Old English dēofol
25. Middle English devel
26. English devil
27. English bedevil
28. From be- + devil.
Sample Sentences
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Guerrilla attacks continued to bedevil the larger army's supply routes.
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Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz. [1988 December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022:]
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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 [2010 March 19, Joseph Berger, “How to Say Theater in Yiddish? Two Ways”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2019:]
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Michael De Santa (Ned Luke): You know, Devin [Devin Winston], the way I see it, and hey, I'm no intelligent businessman like you, but the way I see it, there's two great evils that bedevil American capitalism of the type that you practice. [2013, Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto V, scene: The Third Way:]