to grief

Examples

• All

• Which brings us back to the tiny pink cat, who yesterday was one of the Residents selling the CopyBot—in his case for L$1500, either as a money-making opportunity, or a way to grief worried Residents, or both.

  Blog text (32)

• If I truly grief, it will never end.

  André Duqum

• Each law is in response to a need or concern from the public—some issue that has caused someone harm or at least grief.

  Academic text (2009)

• Many players enjoy the game, but a few choose to grief others by sabotaging their efforts.

• It's frustrating when some users start to grief in the chat by insulting others during the match.

• In online gaming, to grief means to intentionally disrupt the gameplay for others.

Synonyms

G

to give grief

vsto grief

• Offensive

8.6

To annoy or harm other players on purpose during a game

is the single word informal verb for the same deliberate harassment

Antonyms

S

to support

∞ 1.0

Give help to a person or idea

C

to cooperate

543 3.3

To work together with other people to reach the same goal

Phrasal Verbs

C

to come to grief

• Informal

1 7.3

To suffer sudden failure or serious trouble

G

to give grief

• Informal

6.9

To cause someone trouble or make them upset

G

to give grief

• Offensive

8.6

To annoy or harm other players on purpose during a game

Compounds

U

unfathomable grief

8.7

Very deep sadness that feels too strong to understand

How Disruptive

to sabotage

164 7.1

to grief

• Offensive

9.2

to disrupt

269 4.4

to harass

302 4.0

to annoy

246 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology