A fork of Rural Dictionary
Griefing can refer to multiple definitions, but is most commonly used in Minecraft and some other video games.
1. Griefing is the act of irritating and angering people in video games through the use of destruction, construction, or social engineering.
2. In forums to harass by all means: stalking, impersonation, VPN, etc. with the intent to ban, make the user uncomfortable, and etc.
3. (Chiefly in Minecraft) Griefing is when a NPC comes up and destroys your creation, mainly a creeper. Can be turned off using /gamerule mobgriefing false when cheats are enabled.
Guy goes on online thread to post offensive comment. Girl reads it.
Girl responds: You griefer!
Girl reports to admin for griefing post.
The act of doing dick moves to your friends or anybody else.
Dude 1: (blows up Dude 2's house)
Dude 2: WTF, man? What was that crap!?
Dude 1: GRIEFING, BITCH!
Doing something to a player (in a video game) that he/she cannot get out of through means provided by the game's design.
This does not involve emotional things, such as butthurt, as they are psychological issues that are brought up by the individuals themselves and can be caused by anything.
Camping and ganking are often considered griefing by ignorant people and also are called grieifing by thin skinned people who cannot deal with what is involved in playing a particular game or ruleset provided by a game.
"A player griefed a carebear by exploiting the game's system. The player was able to teleport to wherever the carebear was and could not be attacked or targeted."
"Joe Bob hacked the game and found personal information and is now griefing a targeted player with it."
The action of causing someone grief in a video game.
Common in Call of Duty, Minecraft and a few other video games.
In minecraft it is using hacks to destroy something that someone has made, or just use hacks to kill them.
In COD it's using stuff like fly, forcefield, aimbot and ESPs.
Do not attempt griefing in real life, you may get hurt by the person you are griefing.
Joe: Bobby is griefing my new house!
*No response*
Joe: HELP ME HE'S BREAKING MY STUFF!
Bob: Shut up I'm not where near your house you liar.
*Bob warps away*
Joe: WHERE DID HE GO!?!?!?!?
*Bob comes back*
Joe was slain by Bob.
Joe left the game.
(in video games) action of having destroyed, constructed, etc., for the purpose of irritating someone or making someone angry
OMG!! He griefed my ENTIRE minecraft world
1. Purposefully shooting or otherwise sabotaging your teammates in an online game.
2. In online gaming where one repeatedly killing the same individual or individuals over and over again, or camping their corpse to prevent them from retrieving it, or otherwise performing actions in a game to prevent the player from enjoying the game.
3. In online gaming, someone who takes pleasure in creating grief for an opponent via various "cheap" tactics.
I wish Jork would stop friggen griefing my guild mates everytime we log in and play.
1. A profound mental anguish that one feels when one loses a loved one. Often accompanied with feelings of sorrow, regret, anger, guilt, and feeling very lonely.
2. An annoyance, frustration or difficulty.
"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."
1. In his state of grief over losing the love of his life, Hank turned to liquor to ease his sorrows.
2."I swear, you give me nothing but grief over the way I clean the house!" Lucy said to her mother-in-law.