Meaning & use

Bedevilments

noun·Academic

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Persistent troubles, torments, or harassments that plague someone.

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The project was plagued by a string of technical bedevilments no one could fully explain.

Years of financial bedevilments finally forced the company into bankruptcy.

A note on using this word

"Bedevilment" derives from "bedevil," which literally meant to possess or afflict as if by a devil.

Words with a similar meaning

tormentsafflictions

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Words with an opposite meaning

blessings

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