bedevil

1. Treat cruelly (synset 201806967)
   "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
   is a type of: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically
   subtypes:

   • madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
   • hamstring - make ineffective or powerless
   • badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease - annoy persistently
   • oppress, persecute - cause to suffer
   same as: crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment
2. Be confusing or perplexing to;
   Cause to be unable to think clearly (synset 200623406)
   "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
   is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   subtypes:

   • demoralize - confuse or put into disorder
   • amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex - be a mystery or bewildering to
   • disorient, disorientate - cause to be lost or disoriented
   same as: befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
   verb group: confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off - cause to feel embarrassment

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