gory

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɡɔɹ.i/ UK /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/ See IPA manual

Freq #23172

Meanings

1

adj
covered or stained with blood

The injured man looked pale and gory after the accident.
2

adj
involving or showing graphic bloodshed and violence

She covered her eyes during the film's gory final scene.
3

adj
unpleasantly explicit or detailed, especially in the phrase gory details

He spared us the gory details of the failed surgery.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · covered or stained with blood bloody bloodstained sanguinary

2 adj · involving or showing... bloody violent gruesome

3 adj · unpleasantly explicit or... graphic grisly explicit

Opposites

bloodless cleansanitized

Word family

Derived forms gorilygorinessungory

Related forms gore blood bloodshed

Etymology

Formed from gore + -y. Gore in the sense 'clotted blood' is related to Old English gor, 'dirt or dung,' and Middle English words for filth or mud. Gory first described something smeared with blood; the phrase gory details later broadened it to explicit and unpleasant particulars of any kind.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# gory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡɔɹ.i/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 23172

## Meanings
1. covered or stained with blood
2. involving or showing graphic bloodshed and violence
3. unpleasantly explicit or detailed, especially in the phrase gory details

## Examples
- The injured man looked pale and gory after the accident.
- She covered her eyes during the film's gory final scene.
- He spared us the gory details of the failed surgery.

## Synonyms
- bloody
- bloodstained
- sanguinary
- violent
- gruesome
- graphic
- grisly

## Antonyms
- bloodless
- clean
- sanitized

## Derived Forms
- gorily
- goriness
- ungory

## Related Forms
- gore
- blood
- bloodshed

## Etymology
Formed from gore + -y. Gore in the sense 'clotted blood' is related to Old English gor, 'dirt or dung,' and Middle English words for filth or mud. Gory first described something smeared with blood; the phrase gory details later broadened it to explicit and unpleasant particulars of any kind.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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