grief
To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to…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.
» The girl was overcome with grief.
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1 senses(Internet)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.
Examples
144 sentencesThe girl was overcome with grief.
Tom never gave me any grief.
Tom was grief-stricken.
Our grief was overwhelming.
Everybody deals with grief differently.
Origin
From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), frFrom 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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Forms
griefs, griefing, griefed, griefedSynonyms
33 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle