bedevil

bedevil has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.
• v. t.. To spoil; to corrupt.
• v.. 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"
• v.. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"