See bedevil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "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:",
"text": "Mr. Levi may have been bedeviled by buried conflicts unrelated to Auschwitz.",
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"ref": "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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"ref": "2013, Rockstar Games, Grand Theft Auto V, scene: The Third Way:",
"text": "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.",
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"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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{
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"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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{
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"word": "Idioms:"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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"word": "boil someone's piss"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "chap someone's hide"
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{
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"word": "get on someone's nerves"
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{
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"word": "get on someone's tits"
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "get someone's Irish up"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "get someone's nanny"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "get under one's goat"
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{
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"word": "get under someone's skin"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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"vulgar"
],
"word": "give someone the shits"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "grind one's gears"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "harsh one's mellow"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "put someone's back up"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "raise someone's hackles"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "rub someone the wrong way"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "rub up the wrong way"
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{
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"word": "ruffle someone's feathers"
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:pester",
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"source": "Thesaurus:pester",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:pester",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:pester",
"word": "beleaguer"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:pester",
"word": "persecute"
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{
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"word": "beset"
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"word": "pester"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:confuse",
"word": "flurry"
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{
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"word": "fluster"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:confuse",
"word": "flummox"
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{
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{
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"word": "jumble"
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"word": "knot"
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{
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{
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"word": "ravel"
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{
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"word": "perplex"
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{
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"To possess (someone's mind)."
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"(originally) To possess (someone's mind)."
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"word": "bodyjack"
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]
}
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{
"ipa": "/bɪˈdɛvəl/",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/biˈdɛvəl/",
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "endimoniar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "endiablar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "turmentar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "tourmenter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "harceler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "plagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "heimsuchen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "assillare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "tormentare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "atormentar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "hărțui"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "múčitʹ",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "му́чить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "terzátʹ",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "терза́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to harass",
"word": "atormentar"
}
],
"word": "bedevil"
}
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