gory

[ gawr-ee, gohr-ee ]

/ ˈgɔr i, ˈgoʊr i /

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adjective, gor·i·er, gor·i·est.

covered or stained with gore; bloody.

resembling gore.

involving much bloodshed and violence: a gory battle.

unpleasant or disagreeable: to reveal the gory details of a divorce.

Origin of gory

First recorded in 1470–80; gore¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM gory

gor·i·ly, adverb gor·i·ness, noun

Words nearby gory

gorno-badakhshan autonomous republic, gorp, gorse, gorsedd, gorton, gory, gorzów wielkopolski, gosala, gosh, goshawk, goshen

Example sentences from the Web for gory

Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.

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We meet a worker named Joan, who tries to escape but is dragged back in after sustaining a gory walker bite on her arm.

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His face is gory and pitted with deep shrapnel wounds and his injured hands drip blood on the rumpled woolen blankets.

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Guinn is mercifully sparing with the gory details, though nothing can make them anything less than revolting.

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To his credit, Rinella seems to realize that gory accounts of gutting and killing animals may be of limited interest.

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Gory, snarling, Blackbeard shortened his stroke to use the point.

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It was nine o'clock before the guns ceased firing, and only an occasional shot rang out over the gory field of Malvern Hill.

Battles of the Civil War |Thomas Elbert Vineyard
They would show the king their banners with the odd devices and the gory standards.

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That terrible East Side would be shaking its gory locks at us.

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Poor little Monroe thinks youre a gory villain, and hell mull over your fool remarks till hes crazymore crazy than he is already.

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British Dictionary definitions for gory

gory

/ (ˈɡɔːrɪ) /

adjective gorier or goriest

horrific or bloodthirsty a gory story

involving bloodshed and killing a gory battle

covered in gore

Derived forms of gory

gorily, adverb goriness, noun

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gory

adjective, gor·i·er, gor·i·est.

Origin of gory

OTHER WORDS FROM gory

Words nearby gory

Example sentences from the Web for gory

British Dictionary definitions for gory

adjective gorier or goriest

Derived forms of gory

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

gory

adjective, gor·i·er, gor·i·est.

Origin of gory

OTHER WORDS FROM gory

Words nearby gory

Words related to gory

Example sentences from the Web for gory

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adjective gorier or goriest

Derived forms of gory

British Dictionary definitions for gory