grief

Meanings

Noun

• Suffering, hardship.
• Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
• 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.

Origin

• From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief ("grave, heavy, grievous, sad"), from Latin gravis ("heavy, grievous, sad"). grave.