grief
Suffering, hardship.
Noun 3 meanings
Suffering, hardship.
“The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.”
Emotional 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.”
A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.
Verb 1 meaning
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.
Etymology
From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave.
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GRIEF at a glance
GRIEF has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + I 1 + E 1 + F 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,151 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with grief
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- BRIEF10
- GRIFF12
- PRIEF10
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