gorier; goriest
1
: covered with gore : bloodstained
2
: bloodcurdling, sensational
wanted to hear the gory details
Examples of gory in a Sentence
doesn't watch too many movies that feature gory violence
Recent Examples on the Web
But Spielberg won that war pretty decisively in ‘81 with the goriest of mic drops.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 July 2023
Nasty, brutish and snort-filled, ‘Cocaine Bear’ provides an extremely gory and amusingly speculative answer.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
The new teaser trailer shows the hilarious and occasionally gory lives of students at the superheroes-only school, Godolkin University.
—Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 24 July 2023
His kills only get gorier going from Terrifier to Terrifier 2.
—Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 19 July 2023
This pumpkin look is ideal for those who prefer to stay away from gory Halloween decor.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
But even with the lack of bombshells, the content of the reunion was also captivatingly gory enough.
—Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars’ is one of the year’s goriest novels.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
Column: Why has the HBO name disappeared from the HBO Max streaming platform? ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars’ is one of the year’s goriest novels.
—Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 3 July 2023
Nasty, brutish and snort-filled, ‘Cocaine Bear’ provides an extremely gory and amusingly speculative answer.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
The new teaser trailer shows the hilarious and occasionally gory lives of students at the superheroes-only school, Godolkin University.
—Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 24 July 2023
His kills only get gorier going from Terrifier to Terrifier 2.
—Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 19 July 2023
This pumpkin look is ideal for those who prefer to stay away from gory Halloween decor.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
But even with the lack of bombshells, the content of the reunion was also captivatingly gory enough.
—Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars’ is one of the year’s goriest novels.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
Column: Why has the HBO name disappeared from the HBO Max streaming platform? ‘Chain-Gang All-Stars’ is one of the year’s goriest novels.
—Ariel Cheung, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
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First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Gory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gory. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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