bedeviling
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Bedevil \Be*dev"il\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
1.To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. [1913 Webster]
Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.— Sterne.[1913 Webster]
2.To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright. [1913 Webster]