Bedevilment

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of bedeviling, or the state of being bedeviled; especially, a state of bewildering or vexatious disorder or confusion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The characteristic of being bedeviled.
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  • noun. the act of harassing someone
  • Word Usage
    "Mr. Tate, his dog under his arm, paused at the door to fling over his shoulder another muttered taunt about "bedevilment," and disappeared."