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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestourmenté
Pronunciation / Transliteration: toormãte
"Le projet a été tourmenté par des retards constants."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Troubled, harassed, or plagued persistently by difficulties, problems, or doubts.
"The project was bedeviled by endless delays and budgetary shortfalls."
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Past tense and past participle of bedevil: to cause great and continuous trouble to; to torment or confuse.
"Complex technical issues bedeviled the engineering team throughout the launch."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb bedevil, combining the intensive English prefix be- (meaning 'thoroughly' or 'affect completely') with the Middle English noun devel (from Old English dēofol). First appearing in the 16th century, the term originally carried literal religious connotations of being possessed by a devil before evolving metaphorically to describe being relentlessly troubled or confused.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bedeviled" is said worldwide
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tourmenté
Transliteration: toormãte
"Le projet a été tourmenté par des retards constants."
geplagt
Transliteration: geplagt
"Das Projekt wurde von ständigen Verzögerungen geplagt."
tormentato
Transliteration: tormentato
"Il progetto è stato tormentato da continui ritardi."
atormentado
Transliteration: atormentado
"El proyecto estuvo atormentado por continuos retrasos."
atormentado
Transliteration: atormentado
"O projeto foi atormentado por atrasos constantes."
परेशान
Transliteration: pareshan
"यह परियोजना लगातार देरी से परेशान थी।"
困扰的
Transliteration: kùnrǎo de
"该项目一直受到无休止延误的困扰。"
시달리는
Transliteration: sidallineun
"그 프로젝트는 끊임없는 지연으로 시달렸다."
悩まされた
Transliteration: nayamasareta
"そのプロジェクトは度重なる遅延に悩まされた。"
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