grief
IPA: grˈif
noun
- Suffering, hardship.
- Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
- (countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
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.
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Examples of "grief" in Sentences
- In grief, the people lovingly buried her.
- Some of the residents expressed sadness and grief.
- The main cause of the grief was the abusive accuser.
- But grief can be assuaged by the fellowship of friends.
- It's the same thing with the granny knot and the grief knot.
- There is no need to cramp the topic into the article on Grief.
- If the pet owner internalizes the grief, the suffering increases.
- The Lung is weakened by dryness and the emotion of grief or sadness.
- A general level of chaos and grief followed for the rest of the day.
- A lengthy threnody of grief is interrupted by the surprise return of Albert.
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