grief
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Synonyms: brief, griff, grier, gref, griev, grieg, rief, grif, prief, agrief, grilf
Antonyms: brief, griff, grier, gref, griev, grieg, rief, grif, prief, agrief, grilf
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Noun
- [[suffer|Suffer]]ing, [[hardship]]. {{defdate|from early 13th c.}}
- Emotional [[pain]], generally arising from misfortune, significant personal [[loss]], [[bereavement]], [[misconduct]] of oneself or others, etc.; [[sorrow]]; [[sadness]]. {{defdate|from early 14th c.}}
- {{lb|en|countable}} A [[cause]] or [[instance]] of [[sorrow]] or [[pain]]; that which [[afflict]]s or [[distress]]es; a [[trial]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|online gaming}} 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]]. {{defdate|from late 1990s}}
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