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Meaning of "griefer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRIEFER

griefer  [ˈɡriːfə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRIEFER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Griefer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRIEFER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Griefer

A griefer is a player in a multiplayer video game who deliberately irritates and harasses other players within the game, using aspects of the game in unintended ways. A griefer derives pleasure primarily or exclusively from the act of annoying other users, and as such is a particular nuisance in online gaming communities, since griefers often cannot be deterred by penalties related to in-game goals. In the culture of massively multiplayer online role-playing games in Taiwan, such as Lineage, griefers are known as "white-eyed"—a metaphor meaning that their eyes have no pupils and so they look without seeing. Behaviors other than griefing which can cause players to be stigmatized as "white-eyed" include cursing, cheating, stealing, and unreasonable killing.

Definition of griefer in the English dictionary

The definition of griefer in the dictionary is an online game player who intentionally spoils the game for other players.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRIEFER


briefer
ˈbriːfə
debriefer
diːˈbriːfə
epha
ˈiːfə
ephah
ˈiːfə
feoffer
ˈfiːfə
feoffor
ˈfiːfə
FIFA
ˈfiːfə
Recife
rɛˈsiːfə
reefer
ˈriːfə
synalepha
ˌsɪnəˈliːfə
synaloepha
ˌsɪnəˈliːfə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRIEFER

gridlock
gridlocked
grief
grief player
grief-stricken
griefful
griefless
Grieg
Grierson
grievance
grievance procedure
grievant
grieve
griever
grieving
grievingly
grievous
grievous bodily harm
grievously
grievousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRIEFER

bank transfer
buffer
chemin de fer
cross-refer
defer
differ
do-it-yourselfer
golfer
lucifer
misrefer
offer
on offer
prefer
refer
sefer
special offer
suffer
surfer
transfer
wafer

Synonyms and antonyms of griefer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «griefer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRIEFER

Find out the translation of griefer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of griefer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «griefer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

griefer
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

griefer
570 millions of speakers

English

griefer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

griefer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

griefer
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

griefer
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

griefer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

griefer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

griefer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Griefer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Griefer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グリーファー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그리퍼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Geraher
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

griefer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

griefer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुःखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

griefer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

griefer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Griefer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

griefer
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Griefer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

griefer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

griefer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

griefer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

griefer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of griefer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIEFER»

The term «griefer» is regularly used and occupies the 62.295 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRIEFER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «griefer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «griefer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about griefer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIEFER»

Discover the use of griefer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to griefer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Chimera and the Shadowfox Griefer and Other Curious People
SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE UNNATURAL-BORN CHIMERA AND THE SHADOWFOX GRIEFER “Wars begin where you will, but they will not end where you please.' —Niccolò Machiavelli “You and I have unfinished business.” —The Bride ...
A. R. Morlan, 2013
2
Instant Jquery 2. 0 Table Manipulation How-To
A how-To book with practical recipes accompanied with rich screenshots for easy comprehension.A short, concise, recipe-based approach that shows you how to manipulate tables using hands-on examples and the most up-to-date techniques in ...
Charlie Griefer, 2013
3
The Second Life Herald: The Virtual Tabloid that Witnessed ...
A common reaction to griefing in TSO, if an ineffectual one, was for aggrieved Sims to visit the griefer's property to protest. But hanging around on a griefer's property only added to the griefer's visitors' bonus and raised the status of the property ...
Peter Ludlow, Mark Wallace, 2007
4
Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames
Neal may be close to the griefer in gameplay style, but he still needed two elements for his activity: cheating was gaining advantage as well as playful in some way. While for the rule-abiding player a cheat might be ludic in that it allows greater ...
Mia Consalvo, 2007
5
Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the ...
Bringing anthropology into territory never before studied, this book demonstrates that in some ways humans have always been virtual, and that virtual worlds in all their rich complexity build upon a human capacity for culture that is as old ...
Tom Boellstorff, 2010
6
How to Do Everything with Second Life®
You can buy some anti-griefer gadgets, such as anti-push rings and “Kick All Tiki Torches.” These attachments can give you more time to react during a griefer attack. Attaching scripted objects like these to your avatar (or having them rezzed  ...
Richard Mansfield, 2007
7
Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences
Griefing strategies lie along a spectrum of severity according to their entertainment value for the griefer, and their destructive effect on other players. The most severe strategies are very entertaining for the griefer and game- destroying for other ...
Tynan Sylvester, 2013
8
Dating - Philosophy for Everyone: Flirting With Big Ideas
A child who turns over a checkerboard and refuses to finish the game is a spoilsport, but not a griefer. The griefer can be characterized as someone who is still at play, but who treats the other players in the game not as co-equal, but as game ...
Kristie Miller, Marlene Clark, 2011
9
Grief Play Management: A Qualitative Study of Grief Play ...
Explanatory notes follow: ( 1 ) The griefer can lose the ability to loot mob corpses. This makes it impossible to ninja-loot. This may also remove the incentive for a griefer to kill-steal, but not make it impossible to. (2) Disallowing the griefer's ...
Chek Yang Foo, 2008
10
Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual: ...
Results from a study by Foo and Koivisto (2004) showed similarities between motivations of the griefer, and those described by people who bully in real-life scenarios. A study by Pizer (2003) found that only a small amount of players ...
William Sims Bainbridge, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRIEFER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term griefer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How to Not Be an Awful Scumbag in Online Video Games
In extreme cases where there's nothing you can do to stop a troll or griefer, take the opportunity to capture whatever it is they're doing and ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
2
Film Friday: Four Fresh FlicksWe have four videos for you to enjoy …
... Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect. While at EnderCon, Jesse and his friends discover that something is wrong... something dreadful. «Zam News, Jul 15»
3
Minecraft: Story Mode Trailer Released by Telltale Games
The Order are the very best at what they do: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect. While at EnderCon, Jesse and his friends ... «Gaming Target, Jul 15»
4
Minecraft Latest News & Updates: 'Minecraft: Story …
Before their world is destroyed, Jesse & his friends decide to go on a journey to search for their heroes: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer ... «Crossmap, Jul 15»
5
Patton Oswalt stars in the debut trailer for Telltale's Minecraft: Story …
... an Architect, and — most curiously — a Griefer. While at a gathering called EnderCon, Jesse and his friends discover something terrible, and ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
6
Minecraft Story Mode now officially official for Android
... Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect. While at EnderCon, Jesse and his friends discover that something is wrong… something dreadful. «AndroidGuys, Jul 15»
7
First trailer for Minecraft: Story Mode shows a new take on an iconic …
The group is made up of a Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect, all of which, naturally, "are the best at what they do." According to ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
8
1000-plus Second Lifers petition to keep exchanges alive
“I don't want to put payment info on file, there are too many griefer tools in Second Life,” wrote “Havoxx Resident” from Berlin. “If they stop the ... «Hypergrid Business, Jul 15»
9
The Brink: Entropy and Beyond
This is never more insistent and electronic than in “Griefer,” the second story in this collection. Through the first several pages you are entirely ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
10
Stack Overflow: Game On
Cheat Code! walks your kid through the alphabet with terms like Griefer, N00b, and Unlockable. Or, if you're not a gamer but your kids are, this ... «GeekDad, Jun 15»

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