adj
gory
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adj
1
Covered in blood, or full of graphic bloody violence.
"The horror movie's final act was needlessly gory."
"He gave a gory account of the accident."
2
Given in excessive, sometimes tedious detail.
"She spared us the gory details of her tax audit."
How to Use Gory
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBloody, or (jokingly) overloaded with unwanted detail — as in 'spare me the gory details.'
Common pairings
gory details
gory scene
gruesome and gory
Word Forms
gorier comparative, Gorys plural, goriest superlative
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Etymology
From "gore" (blood) plus the adjective-forming suffix "-y."