• IPA: /ɡɹiːf/

grief

1. Suffering, hardship. [from early 13th c.]
2. Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness. [from early 14th c.]

   She was worn out from so much grief.

   The betrayal caused Jeff grief.

   • 1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...], Imprinted at London: [By H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, OCLC 837515946 ↗; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, Diuided into Foure Parts. [...] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], OCLC 706027473 ↗, page 291 ↗:

     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 forstand#English|foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; {{...}

3. (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Isaiah 53:4 ↗:

     Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.

• French: douleur, peine
• German: Kummer
• Italian: dolore, pena, sofferenza
• Portuguese: pesar
• Russian: го́ре
• Spanish: pesar, pesadumbre, dolor, sufrimiento, pena, calamidad, sinsabor

grief (griefs, present participle griefing; past and past participle griefed)

1. (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. [from late 1990s]

• grievance
• grieve
• grievous