gory
adjective/ˈɡɔːri/
/ˈɡɔːri/
(comparative gorier, superlative goriest)
- (informal) involving a lot of blood or violence; showing or describing blood and violence
- a gory accident
- the gory task of the pathologist
- a gory movie
- (humorous) He insisted on telling us all the gory details about their divorce (= the unpleasant facts).
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- (literary) covered with blood synonym bloodstained
- a gory figure
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