grief
/ɡɹiːf/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.08 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game, and especially by exploiting game mechanics without using cheats to do so, often through acts of destruction or vandalism.
Example Sentences
- "The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me."
- "She was worn out from so much grief."
- "The betrayal caused Jeff grief."
- "And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]"
- "Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows."
- "While ban and his pals stand squarely in this tradition, they also stand for something new: the rise of organized griefing, grounded in online message-board communities and thick with in-jokes, code words, taboos, and an increasingly articulate sense of purpose. No longer just an isolated pathology, griefing has developed a full-fledged culture."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷreh₂-, greef, grief, gravis