bedeviled

Harassed without relief

Bedeviled means plagued or tormented persistently.

Problems bedevil a project; doubts bedevil a decision.

The word suggests being harassed as if by devils—not a single blow but ongoing trouble: The expedition was bedeviled by equipment failures and bad weather.

Also spelled bedevilled.

tormented

anguished

Severely emotionally distressed

sufferingSustained experience of distress
torturedCaused intense suffering
distressedSuffering emotional turmoil

wracked · harrowed · agonized · afflicted · racked · pained · troubled · beleaguered · embattled · stressed

plagued

beset

Troubled on all sides

afflictedSuffering from something harmful
troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
burdenedCarrying a heavy load

dogged · harassed · besieged · overrun · infested · stricken · ravaged · ridden · swarmed · overwhelmed

cursed

hexed

Placed under curse

jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
doomedDestined for destruction
damnedCondemned to hell

accursed · bewitched · ill-fated · unlucky · blighted · ill-starred · star-crossed · snakebitten · foredoomed · condemned

vexed

frustrated

Annoyed by obstacles

annoyedMildly vexed
exasperatedIntensely irritated, patience gone
irritatedSlightly angered or bothered

aggravated · bothered · pestered · nagged · badgered · irked · provoked · nettled · harried · hounded

haunted

possessed

Had or was inhabited

spookedFrightened into alertness
tormentedSubjected to severe distress
houndedPersistently pursued or pressured

pursued · shadowed · stalked

bedeviled

anguished

beset

hexed

frustrated

possessed

bedeviled

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