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gory

[gawr-ee, gohr-ee]

adjective

gorier, goriest 
  1. covered or stained with gore; bloody.

  2. resembling gore.

  3. involving much bloodshed and violence.

    a gory battle.

  4. unpleasant or disagreeable.

    to reveal the gory details of a divorce.



gory

/ ˈɡɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. horrific or bloodthirsty

    a gory story

  2. involving bloodshed and killing

    a gory battle

  3. covered in gore

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • gorily adverb
  • goriness noun
  • ˈǰԱ noun
  • ˈǰ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gory1

First recorded in 1470–80; gore 1 + -y 1
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After being fired from the ‘Scream’ franchise, Melissa Barrera reclaims her scream queen status with ‘Abigail,’ the latest campy, gory romp from Radio Silence Productions.

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However, in the bloodbath of stock market falls, there are some particularly gory and worrying casualties.

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Tiresome, gory unicorn revenge catering to the stoner crowd?

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They got the audience to collectively groan in horror at a particularly gory clip from “Final Destination: Bloodlines” involving an MRI machine, body piercings and a vending machine spring.

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Some of that darkness is admirably adult, with themes of grief, ecological destruction and capitalist greed to go with its gory fantasy kick.

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