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GORY (gorier, goriest)
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, goriest Dictionary entry overview: What does gory mean?
• GORY (adjective)
The adjective GORY has 2 senses:
1. covered with blood
2. accompanied by bloodshed
Familiarity information: GORY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: goriest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with blood
Synonyms:
bloodstained; gory
Context example:
a gory dagger
Similar:
bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Accompanied by bloodshed
Synonyms:
butcherly; gory; sanguinary; sanguineous; slaughterous
Context example:
this bitter and sanguinary war
Similar:
bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)
Context examples
A call from the mate interrupted the gory narrative, and Harrison went aft.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He was dressed now: he still looked pale, but he was no longer gory and sullied.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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