grief

noun

/ɡɹiːf/

Etymology

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

derived from gravis
derived from grief
inherited from greef

Definitions

1
Suffering, hardship.
- The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.
2
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss,…
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.
- The betrayal caused Jeff grief.
- And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]
3
A cause or instance of sorrow or pain
A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.
- Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
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1. 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.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at grief. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at grief. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at grief

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA