grief

Suffering, hardship.

The neighbour's teenagers 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.

A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.

Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.

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 u

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 pathology, griefing has developed a full-fledged culture.