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grief
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As a noun, grief means suffering, hardship. As a verb, it means deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it.
Meanings of grief
6 meaningsnoun
Suffering, hardship.
“The neighbour's teenage give me grief every time they see me.”
Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
“She was worn out from so much grief.”
“The betrayal caused Jeff grief.”
Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)feeling
Similar: heartache, heartbreak, brokenheartedness
verb
online gamingTo 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.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).