gory details
noun
informal
: the small facts or pieces of information about something that are unpleasant or interesting in a shocking way
Please, spare us the gory details.
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Everything from the gory details about the affair to a wider exploration of the world around this troubled family are lacking.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
All of those kinds of gory details were there for a reason.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Prater, who was expecting gory details, is a little harder to read, though his face twitching doesn’t seem like a great sign.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Special effects and prop teams go into the gory details that make up the guts of the film.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Need to hear all the gory details of someone’s messy divorce, or cheating scandal?
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
But that’s really not an issue here because you guys have always been brutally honest about the gory details of Failure.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
Word of the fiasco (and all the gory details) soon hit the media.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
All of those kinds of gory details were there for a reason.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Prater, who was expecting gory details, is a little harder to read, though his face twitching doesn’t seem like a great sign.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Special effects and prop teams go into the gory details that make up the guts of the film.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Need to hear all the gory details of someone’s messy divorce, or cheating scandal?
—Literary Hub
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
But that’s really not an issue here because you guys have always been brutally honest about the gory details of Failure.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
Word of the fiasco (and all the gory details) soon hit the media.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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“Gory details.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gory%20details. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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