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PRONUNCIATION OF BEDEVILLING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEDEVILLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bedevilling is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bedevilling in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEDEVILLING

PRESENT

Present
I bedevilling
you bedevilling
he/she/it bedevillings
we bedevilling
you bedevilling
they bedevilling
Present continuous
I am bedevillinging
you are bedevillinging
he/she/it is bedevillinging
we are bedevillinging
you are bedevillinging
they are bedevillinging
Present perfect
I have bedevillinged
you have bedevillinged
he/she/it has bedevillinged
we have bedevillinged
you have bedevillinged
they have bedevillinged
Present perfect continuous
I have been bedevillinging
you have been bedevillinging
he/she/it has been bedevillinging
we have been bedevillinging
you have been bedevillinging
they have been bedevillinging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bedevillinged
you bedevillinged
he/she/it bedevillinged
we bedevillinged
you bedevillinged
they bedevillinged
Past continuous
I was bedevillinging
you were bedevillinging
he/she/it was bedevillinging
we were bedevillinging
you were bedevillinging
they were bedevillinging
Past perfect
I had bedevillinged
you had bedevillinged
he/she/it had bedevillinged
we had bedevillinged
you had bedevillinged
they had bedevillinged
Past perfect continuous
I had been bedevillinging
you had been bedevillinging
he/she/it had been bedevillinging
we had been bedevillinging
you had been bedevillinging
they had been bedevillinging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bedevilling
you will bedevilling
he/she/it will bedevilling
we will bedevilling
you will bedevilling
they will bedevilling
Future continuous
I will be bedevillinging
you will be bedevillinging
he/she/it will be bedevillinging
we will be bedevillinging
you will be bedevillinging
they will be bedevillinging
Future perfect
I will have bedevillinged
you will have bedevillinged
he/she/it will have bedevillinged
we will have bedevillinged
you will have bedevillinged
they will have bedevillinged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bedevillinging
you will have been bedevillinging
he/she/it will have been bedevillinging
we will have been bedevillinging
you will have been bedevillinging
they will have been bedevillinging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bedevilling
you would bedevilling
he/she/it would bedevilling
we would bedevilling
you would bedevilling
they would bedevilling
Conditional continuous
I would be bedevillinging
you would be bedevillinging
he/she/it would be bedevillinging
we would be bedevillinging
you would be bedevillinging
they would be bedevillinging
Conditional perfect
I would have bedevilling
you would have bedevilling
he/she/it would have bedevilling
we would have bedevilling
you would have bedevilling
they would have bedevilling
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bedevillinging
you would have been bedevillinging
he/she/it would have been bedevillinging
we would have been bedevillinging
you would have been bedevillinging
they would have been bedevillinging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bedevilling
we let´s bedevilling
you bedevilling
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bedevilling
Past participle
bedevillinged
Present Participle
bedevillinging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEDEVILLING

bedeafen
bedeck
bedecked
bedeguar
bedel
bedell
bedellship
bedelship
bedesman
bedesmen
bedevil
bedevilled
bedevilment
bedew
bedfast
bedfellow
Bedford
Bedford cord
Bedfordshire
bedframe

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEDEVILLING

bestselling
billing
calling
chilling
controlling
direct selling
drilling
falling
feeling
filling
hot-selling
installing
killing
modelling
rolling
scrolling
selling
spelling
telling
travelling
willing

Synonyms and antonyms of bedevilling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEDEVILLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bedevilling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bedevilling

Translation of «bedevilling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEDEVILLING

Find out the translation of bedevilling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bedevilling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bedevilling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

困扰非洲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bedeviling
570 millions of speakers

English

bedevilling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bedeviling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التي تبتلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bedeviling
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bedeviling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bedeviling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

embêtante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bedeviling
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bedeviling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bedeviling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bedeviling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bedeviling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bedeviling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bedeviling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घोटाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bedeviling
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bedeviling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bedeviling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bedeviling
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bedeviling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bedeviling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beduiwel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bedeviling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bedeviling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bedevilling

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEDEVILLING»

The term «bedevilling» is normally little used and occupies the 148.549 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEDEVILLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bedevilling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bedevilling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bedevilling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEDEVILLING»

Discover the use of bedevilling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bedevilling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Stylistics of Poetry: Context, Cognition, Discourse, History
bedevilling. the. reader's. temporal. experience. In its normal deictic function, in reference to past time, the simple past tense locates the situation about which a statement is made in the past with respect to the time of utterance: 'About suffering ...
Peter Verdonk, 2013
2
The Medieval Popular Bible: Expansions of Genesis in the ...
ONE. BEDEVILLING. PARADISE. PERHAPS THE CLEAREST WAY of showing precisely what might be found in the augmented medieval vernacular Bible would be to examine first the relevant biblical text and then go on to show how, and ...
Brian Murdoch, 2003
3
Rights Resources and Rural Development: Community-based ...
Bedevilling. the. Mid-Zambezi. Rural. Development. Project. The effectiveness of spiritual belief systems in obstructing outside-initiated management and development programmes has been described in a paper by Spierenburg (2000) , who ...
Christo Fabricius, Eddie Koch, Stephen Turner, 2013
4
Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development: How to ...
“selection bias”, which is the major methodological pitfall bedevilling control group studies. Depending on its seriousness, selection bias renders attribution of observed impacts anywhere from problematic to wholly invalid. Twenty of 90 LDC  ...
Alistair Nolan, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
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The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics: Making Sense of Things
44 That is one reason why the execution of this part of Husserl's project is such a bedevilling matter. He has to wrestle with the basic 'paradox of human subjectivity', namely that a human subject is both 'a subject for the world and at the same ...
A. W. Moore, 2012
6
Notes Abroad and Rhapsodies at Home
... been bedevilling our literature no less than the annual school of painting and engraving are bedevilling art. Hence have we served up to us such monstrosities as sentimental smugglers and swindlers, THE MAUDLIN SCHOOL.
William Rae Wilson, 1837
7
Notes abroad and rhapsodies at home. By a veteran traveller ...
... has for some time past been bedevilling our literature no less than the annual school of painting and engraving are bedevilling art. Hence have we served up to us such monstrosities as sentimental smugglers and swindlers, THE MAUDLIN ...
William Rae Wilson, 1837
8
Local Economic and Employment Development Evaluating Local ...
“selection bias”, which is the major methodological pitfall bedevilling control group studies. Depending on its seriousness, selection bias renders attribution of observed impacts anywhere from problematic to wholly invalid. Twenty of 90 LDC  ...
OECD, 2004
9
Red Flower of China: An Autobiography
This is a grisly account of how political brainwashing can induce converts to commit monstrous acts.
Zhai Zhenhua, 2003
10
Truth Matters: Knowledge, Politics, Ethics, Religion
15. Bedevilling. Truth: “What. Have. I. to. Do. with. Thee?” JEFFREY DUDIAK THE GOSPEL TRUTH At the risk of scandalizing my friends and colleagues with whom I live in the modern world, I begin with a storyfromthe Christian scriptures, and ...
Lambert Zuidervaart, Allyson Carr, Matthew J. Klaassen, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEDEVILLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bedevilling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Buhari: Redemption Lies Within not in America
... to Nigeria in many instances; rather it has proved itself an unreliable and undependable ally in the many challenges bedevilling this country. «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
2
Election apathy a danger for ANC
Bedevilling ANC support in Tshwane is overt disapproval by alliance partners of mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa. The ANC is also vulnerable in ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
3
Boko Haram - Kills Six in Church in Yobe
Another panacea to the insecurity challenge bedevilling the country, according to Okiro, is the reformation of the nation's judicial system to ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
APC And Change Momentum
... that government will be enabled to serve the country optimally and avoid the confusion all too often bedevilling governance today”. No doubt ... «The Tide, Jul 15»
5
APC Crisis: Group defends Bisi Akande
... stout defence of the former Interim Chairman of the ruling party, Bisi Akande, saying his recent utterances on the crisis bedevilling the party at ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
6
Babangida Aliyu, Others Responsible For North's Ruins, Woes'
... the North, especially under the leadership of former Niger State governor Babangida Aliyu are to blame for the woes bedevilling the region. «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
7
Pilots Seek Govt Action to Save Kenya Airways From Collapse
The public was made to believe that this was the panacea for all the problems bedevilling and already declining brand," said Mr Karauri, in a ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
MDC blasts pathetic Malema for Robert Mugabe remarks
... Malema, crossed the line when he said President Robert Mugabe is not to blame for the problems bedevilling Zimbabwe, the opposition MDC party has said. «The Zimbabwe Daily, Jul 15»
9
FT's Martin Wolf says global elite have not learned from GFC
... deeper, more disturbing problems of declining growth, investment and productivity that were already bedevilling Western economies. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
10
APC NEC passes vote of confidence Odigie-Oyegun
Also, Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo expressed optimism that the crisis bedevilling the party was almost over. ''Many people think that there will ... «News24 Nigeria, Jul 15»

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