/ɡɹiːf/
OriginFrom Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave.
- countable, uncountableSuffering, hardship.
“The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.”
- countable, uncountableEmotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
“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; […”
- countableA cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.
“Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.”
- InternetTo 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 v…
“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 w”
Formsgriefs(plural) · grieves(plural) · greefe(alternative, obsolete) · griefe(alternative, obsolete) · griefs(present, singular, third-person) · griefing(participle, present) · griefed(participle, past) · griefed(past)