grief

== English == === Alternative forms === greefe, griefe (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹiːf/ Rhymes: -iːf === Noun === grief (countable and uncountable, plural griefs or grieves) Suffering, hardship. [from early 13th c.] Synonyms: difficulty, trouble; see also Thesaurus:distress Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.] Synonyms: dejection, misery; see also Thesaurus:sadness (countable) A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial. Synonyms: hardship, sorrow; see also Thesaurus:woe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grief (third-person singular simple present griefs, present participle griefing, simple past and past participle griefed) (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. [from late 1990s] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pester, Thesaurus:vex ==== Usage notes ==== This verb is most commonly found in the gerund-participle griefing and the derived noun griefer. ==== Related terms ==== grievance grieve grievous === Further reading === grief on Wikipedia.Wikipedia griefer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “grief”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “grief”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “grief”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch grief, from Old French grief, from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣrif/ Hyphenation: grief Rhymes: -if === Noun === grief f (plural grieven, diminutive griefje n) (chiefly in the plural) grievance, complaint, bone to pick, issue ==== Derived terms ==== grieven == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French grief, from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. Doublet of grave, a borrowing from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁi.jɛf/ === Adjective === grief (feminine griève, masculine plural griefs, feminine plural grièves) (archaic, literary) grievous ==== Derived terms ==== grièvement === Noun === grief m (plural griefs) complaint grief grievance (formal complaint filed with an authority) === Further reading === “grief”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === figer == Ladin == === Etymology === From Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. === Adjective === grief m (feminine singular grieva, masculine plural griefs, feminine plural grieves) arduous difficult steep == Old French == === Alternative forms === gref (typically Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === From Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem. === Noun === grief oblique singular, m (oblique plural griés, nominative singular griés, nominative plural grief) pain; anguish; suffering ==== Descendants ==== French: grief → Middle Dutch: grief Dutch: grief → Middle English: greef, gref English: grief === Adjective === grief m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grieve) sad ==== Descendants ==== French: grief (archaic, literary)