Synonyms of bedeviling

bedeviling

verb

present participle of bedevil

as in plaguing

to cause persistent suffering to

a lingering cold bedeviled me for over a month

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plaguing
• afflicting
• persecuting
• torturing
• besieging
• tormenting
• besetting
• bothering
• attacking
• cursing
• excruciating
• troubling
• racking
• harrowing
• anguishing
• agonizing
• stinging
• vexing
• assailing
• striking
• disturbing
• pursuing
• aggravating
• dogging
• pestering
• hounding
• exasperating
• badgering
• annoying
• harassing
• distressing
• irritating
• irking
• bugging
• perturbing
• worrying
• overwhelming
• oppressing
• trying
• agitating
• stressing
• harrying
• riling
• riding
• nettling
• upsetting
• disquieting
• hurting
• galling
• molesting
• griping
• discomforting
• chafing
• grieving
• victimizing
• piquing
• stabbing
• straining
• tyrannizing
• grating
• smiting
• crushing
• overpowering
• flustering
• smarting
• peeving
• putting out
• getting
• wringing
• pricking
• rasping
• hagriding
• paining
• discomposing
• panging
• martyring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• helping
• aiding
• abetting
• relieving
• delivering
• releasing
• comforting
• consoling
• quieting
• soothing
• contenting
• reprieving
• succoring
• solacing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bedeviling

Indeed, Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure have created major gas shortages that are bedeviling much of the Russian hinterland. — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026

Auto loan delinquencies are at a record high Credit cards aren’t the only category of debt bedeviling American consumers. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 12 June 2026

But they haven’t been observed directly helping with the long security lines bedeviling passengers and their Department of Homeland Security colleagues in the Transportation Security Administration. — Emma Hurt, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026

In a joint interview with the Chronicle, Uzelac and Executive Director Jennifer Delacroix blamed the cancellation on factors bedeviling many performing arts companies struggling to recover from the pandemic. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026

This is just the latest in a string of shellfish heists bedeviling the Northeast where lobster, crabs, and oysters have gone missing in recent weeks. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2025

There is a gaping hole in weather balloon coverage in western Alaska — a critical shortage bedeviling US forecasts and the National Weather Service since layoffs hit the agency as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s push to shrink the federal government back in February. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025

The argument isn’t without merit – since ESPN already has rights to these clips there isn’t much of the copyright concern bedeviling its parent company. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025