adjective
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horrific or bloodthirsty
a gory story
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involving bloodshed and killing
a gory battle
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covered in gore
Other Word Forms
- gorily adverb
- goriness noun
Etymology
Origin of gory
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to find a more influential game than this gory, controversial game from Id Software.
In Ms. Skuse’s expert and frequently humorous telling, Renaissance medicine comes to life in all its gory and weird splendor.
Although Aleys’s mother cannot read, she knows the stories of the saints and relishes embroidering them with “goriest” details to keep her children interested.
From Los Angeles Times
Although Aleys’ mother cannot read, she knows the stories of the saints and relishes embroidering them with “goriest” details to keep her children interested.
From Los Angeles Times
A 1772 meditation about the crucifixion by a man who struggled with depression all his life, the hymn dwells on Christ’s gory death and evokes the metaphor of sinners bathing in blood.
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