bedeviling

adjective

be·dev·il·ing | \bi-ˈde-və-liŋ,

bē-\

Definition of bedeviling

: causing trouble, distress, or confusion : vexing a bedeviling variety of options … space can be as bedeviling as time.— Thomas Mallon … the bedeviling phenomenon known as lower back pain.— Alfred Meyer

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bedevilingly adverb

… had developed a keen sense of how bedevilingly hard it was to control the boisterous energies released by the American Revolution. — Joseph J. Ellis

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The first known use of bedeviling was in 1881

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