BEDEVIL Synonyms

• cause great unhappiness for; distress

• cause physical pain or suffering in

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere

• a native or resident of Wisconsin

• annoy persistently

• persuade through constant efforts

• annoy persistently

• surround so as to force to give up

• an angry disturbance

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

• take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

• intrude or enter uninvited

• make nervous or agitated

• make confused or perplexed or puzzled

• general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

• a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

• a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly

• insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

• a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

• annoy persistently

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

• soreness and warmth caused by friction

• anger produced by some annoying irritation

• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

• feel extreme irritation or anger

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading

• cause friction

• warm by rubbing, as with the hands

• psychological suffering

• a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

• extreme physical pain

• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• cause mental pain to

• a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

• a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman

• informal term for a man

• someone who is morally reprehensible

• a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

• a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

• metal supports for logs in a fireplace

• go after with the intent to catch

• torment emotionally or mentally

• subject to torture

• annoy continually or chronically

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly

• annoy continually or chronically

• make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

• a frequently visited place

• follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to

• haunt like a ghost; pursue

• be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place

• any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears

• someone who is morally reprehensible

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

• excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

• the leaf of a conifer

• a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

• a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

• a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

• annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism

• prick with a needle

• any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

• sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• haunt like a ghost; pursue

• be preoccupied with something

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• cause to suffer