bedevil
bi de vuhl
- v treat cruelly
- v be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- Congress does not fall under the occupational safety and health (OSHA) regulations that bedevil other employers.
- However, years of mistrust bedevil the peace process.
- The arbitrary rules that govern English bedevil nonnative students of the language as much as they torment would-be spelling-bee champs.