Gory meaning

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The definition of gory is something covered in blood or related to bloodshed.

A horror movie where lots of people are killed is an example of a gory movie.

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Covered or stained with gore; bloody.
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Full of or characterized by bloodshed and violence.
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Full of, covered with, or like gore; bloody.
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Characterized by much bloodshed or slaughter.

A gory fight.

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Covered with blood, very bloody.
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Sentence Examples

  • As she bent to tie her shoes, a gory vision made her stagger.

  • Two doctors--one of whom was pale and trembling--were silently doing something to this man's other, gory leg.

  • Even now he felt clearly that the gory trace of that recollection would not pass with time, but that the terrible memory would, on the contrary, dwell in his heart ever more cruelly and painfully to the end of his life.

  • When the world wasn't expressing sympathy for the old man, they were looking for details on Billie Wassermann, his butt-brand, and all the gory details of the fat twin's execution.

  • The gory, dust-stained, half-shaven head with its long neck trailed twisting along the ground.

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