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griefed

griefed is the simple past and past participle of grief.

Meaning of grief

Verb

grief (third-person singular simple present griefs, present participle griefing, simple past and past participle griefed)

  1. (Internet) 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.
    • While ban and his pals stand squarely in this tradition, they also stand for something new: the rise of organized griefing, grounded in online message-board communities and thick with in-jokes, code words, taboos, and an increasingly articulate sense of purpose. No longer just an isolated...2008 January 18, Julian Dibbell, “Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World”, in Wired

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Questions about griefed

What is griefed the simple past and past participle of?
Griefed is the simple past and past participle of grief.

Words near griefed in the dictionary

  1. griefathon
  2. griefbot
  3. griefbots
  4. Griefcom
  5. griefe
  6. griefed
  7. griefer
  8. griefers
  9. griefes
  10. griefful
  11. grieffully

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