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The act of harassing someone
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bedevilment
Word definitions for bedevilment in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being bedeviled.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering , worrying , torment ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bedevilment \Be*dev"il*ment\, n. The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble. [Colloq.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1825, from bedevil + -ment .
Usage examples of bedevilment.
And, my good fellow, if you will open your bedevilments to me when they come thick upon you, I may show you better ways out of them than you can find for yourself.
I am fully convinced that it is impossible for a woman, even if she were born close to a throne, to acquire before the age of five-and-twenty the encyclopaedic knowledge of trifles, the practice of manoeuvring, the important small things, the musical tones and harmony of coloring, the angelic bedevilments and innocent cunning, the speech and the silence, the seriousness and the banter, the wit and the obtuseness, the diplomacy and the ignorance which make up the perfect lady.