English Explanatory Dictionary

grief

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ɡɹiːf/ en-us-grief.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-grief.wav

Word forms

grief griefs grieves greefe griefe griefing griefed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

difficulty trouble anguish rend distress grief hardship pain smart torment torture dejection misery blueness tristesse mirthless blues crestfallenness depression despondency dolefulness downheartedness drearihead forlornness heartsore ill-being infelicity melancholia melancholy mishappiness mourn prosternation regret rue ruth sadness sorrow sorrowfulness tristfulness undelight unhappiness woe woefare wretchedness affliction aggrievance grievance vexation wrong badger bait bedevil beleaguer persecute bug devil beset chevy give someone grief harass

Related words

grievance grieve grievous

Derived words

climate grief come to grief eco-grief ecological grief give someone grief good grief grief counselor griefful grief knot griefless grieflike griefsome grief-stricken grief-struck grief tech grief technology grief tourist griefwork griefy heartgrief spleef ungrief
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