grief

noun

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

(countable) A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.

Suffering, hardship.

verb

(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.

Roots

gravisgrief- · Latin · heavy

Synonyms for grief

sorrown heartachen heartbreakn sadnessn sorrowfulnessn anguishn mournfulnessn dolorn unhappinessn despairn dejectionn despondencyn woen cheerlessnessn agonyn wistfulnessn lamentationn melancholyn

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Where does grief come from?

The word grief breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root grief-, from Latin gravis (“heavy”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.