grief

Meaning

Noun

1. Suffering, hardship.
2. Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
3. Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.

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.

Synonyms

sorrow

sadness

distress

pain

affliction

misery

melancholy

anguish

suffering

woe

heartache

mourning

lamentation

trouble

depression

unhappiness

heartbreak

dejection

torment

regret

worry

despondency

care

gloom

pity

deep sorrow

agony

chagrin

hardship

anger

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sorrowfulness

ache

misfortune

mortification

brokenheartedness

bitterness

pathos

remorse

sad

☹️

deploring

adversity

wailing

wail

ordeal

dolor

vexation

despondence

concern

dolour

insult

troubles

regretfulness

despair

disconsolation

trial

contrition

dismay

bitter experience

sad thoughts

subtraction

teen

torture

tribulation

tristesse

troublesomeness

uneasiness

unhappy

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upset

weakness

weariness

weeping

woefulness

worries

broken heart

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ruth

mourning dress

deep regret

heartsore

apathy

fatigue

loneliness

shame

heart-burning

mental distraction

heart-stricken

grefa

grifa

deep anguish

depression of spirits

such as fear

woe me

deep-seated sorrow

wofare

accident

sore affliction

ah

alarm

alas

annoyance

anxiety

blues

bruise

commiserations

compassion

compunction

consternation

crying

damage

deduction

demand

depressed

desolation

difficulty

disconsolate

disgrace

disheartenment

dissatisfaction

distressed

dole

dolefulness

downheartedness

exhaustion

gloominess

grievance

groan

harm

heaviness

helpless

hurt

indolence

in English

infliction

lament

lifelessness

melancholia

moan

mourn

nervousness

offense

oppression

painfulness

plaint

problem

resentment

ruefulness

sale

sensitivity

sigh

smart

sore

soreness

sorriness

stew

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹiːf/

Etymology

From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave.