What is another word for bedevil ?

breathe down someone's neck

To cause anguish or distress to

agonise^UK

agonize^US

victimize^US

victimise^UK

terrorize^US

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

terrorise^UK

tyrannize^US

tyrannise^UK

drive round the twist

be at

intrude upon

weigh heavily on one's mind

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

make uneasy

weigh heavily on someone's mind

appall^US

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

appal^UK

labor^US

labour^UK

breath down someone's neck

get on someone's back

be a weight on one's mind

bring pressure to bear on

mess with someone's head

drive you up the wall

be a weight on someone's mind

make somebody's hackles rise

get on someone's case

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

brutalize^US

make one's heart bleed

brutalise^UK

give someone the works

give someone the blues

hurt somebody's feelings

make someone scratch their head

put on the rack

knock the wind out of

cause someone distress

disoblige

jar

slight

take the heart out of

make severe demands on

put a strain on

make demands on

revolt

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

knock the stuffing out of

bear down

harsh someone's mellow

make someone's heart bleed

make someone fed up

bring tears to your eyes

keep under

dash hopes

pour cold water on

break someone's spirit

knock for six

throw cold water on

break someone's heart

give someone the hump

make someone want to throw up

make someone feel nauseous

be a pain in the neck

mix up

unman

be a thorn in someone's side

cause to feel emotional strain

overdo

cause to feel mental strain

dampen the spirits of

take the wind out of your sails

dampen someone's hopes

cause to lose hope

cause to lose heart

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“Unnecessary disturbing thoughts started to bedevil me and I buried my face in my arms.”

Verb

To irritate or annoy

drive round the twist

breathe down someone's neck

get up someone's nose

get on one's nerves

drive bananas

drive you up the wall

get your hackles up

rankle with

rub you up the wrong way

give someone the hump

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

make somebody's hackles rise

be on the back of

put your back up

ruffle one's feathers

rattle someone's cage

put someone's nose out of joint

set one's teeth on edge

be a thorn in someone's flesh

be like a red rag to a bull

drive you to distraction

make livid

drive you round the bend

drive you round the twist

drive you off your head

give offence to

put down

drive you out of your mind

drive out of mind

make somebody's blood boil

give offence

tread on someone's toes

be disagreeable

be an affront to

cause offense

hurt somebody's feelings

be offensive

cut to the quick

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“These new rules often seem to bedevil and annoy those who are used to the status quo.”

Verb

make someone scratch their head

To throw into confusion, or cause to be confused

cause to be at a stand

be all Greek to

stop someone in their tracks

take your breath away

knock the stuffing out of

hit like a ton of bricks

knock over with feather

tie somebody in knots

balk^US

baulk^UK

cause to lose your bearings

paralyze^US

paralyse^UK

take the wind out of your sails

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

put into a flap

put someone off their stroke

sweep someone off their feet

put someone off their stride

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“We take a hard look at two deep social problems which bedevil the Order at the dawn of the twenty-ﬁrst century.”

Verb

make someone a laughing stock

To tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirise^UK

satirize^US

play a practical joke on

play a practical joke

lead up the garden path

have a joke on somebody

give the Bronx cheer to

run down

expose to ridicule

rail at

poke borack

make a laughing-stock

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Verb

To preoccupy the mind of someone, typically in a troubling way

be uppermost in your thoughts

become an obsession with

overwhelm

worry

trouble

be uppermost in someone's mind

monopolize^US

monopolise^UK

monopolize one's thoughts

dominate one's thoughts

take up all of someone's time

hold the attention of

be active with

eat sleep and breathe

take up someone's whole attention

hypnotize^US

hypnotise^UK

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Verb

To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner

dominate

influence

madden

Verb

To be totally absorbed or engrossed by something

monopolize^US

monopolise^UK

Verb

To make something more complex

render unintelligible

color^US

colour^UK

throw up smoke screen

discolour^UK

discolor^US

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Verb

To bring bad luck or misfortune to, typically via voodoo or witchcraft

hypnotize^US

magnetize^US

magnetise^UK