bedevil
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
treat cruelly
The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- excruciation derivation
- worrying derivation
- frustration derivation
- harassment derivation
- tormenter derivation
Sense 2 verb
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
These questions confuse even the experts
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- demoralize hyponym
- baffle hyponym
- disorient hyponym
Related & opposite
- disarray derivation
- obfuscation derivation
- discombobulation derivation
- disconcert verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excruciation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | worrying |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | harassment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tormenter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hassle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | madden |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hamstring |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | persecute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disarray |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obfuscation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | discombobulation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | disconcert |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | demoralize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | baffle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disorient |