gory
/'gɔ:ri/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Involving or showing a great deal of bloodshed and violence: Describes something that is characterized by bloodshed, carnage, or extreme violence.
- Covered with blood: Describes something that is stained, smeared, or saturated with blood.
Usage
- The primary use of "gory" is to describe scenes, details, stories, or objects that are shockingly bloody and violent. It is often used in contexts involving horror, crime, history, or graphic descriptions.
- It functions as a standard adjective and can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb).
Examples
- Attributive use (before a noun):
- The movie was famous for its gory special effects.
- The reporter described the gory details of the accident.
- Predicative use (after a linking verb):
- The crime scene was too gory for the new officer.
- The history of that battle is particularly gory.
Advanced Usage
- "gory details": A common phrase referring to the most unpleasant, explicit, and often violent specifics of an event.
- She didn't want to hear the gory details of the surgery.
- Used figuratively to describe something excessively detailed in an unpleasant or tedious way, though this is less common.
- Let's skip the gory technicalities and get to the conclusion.
Variants and Related Words
- Gore (noun): Blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence.
- The battlefield was covered in gore.
- Gore (verb): To pierce or wound with a horn or tusk.
- The bull gored the matador.
- Gorily (adverb): In a gory manner.
- The scene was described gorily.
Synonyms
- Bloody: Similar in meaning, but can be more general or used as an intensifier.
- Sanguinary: (Formal) Involving or causing much bloodshed.
- Bloodstained: Marked with blood.
- Gruesome: Causing repulsion or horror; grisly. Often overlaps with "gory" but emphasizes horror more than the presence of blood specifically.
Idioms and Phrases
- "the nitty-gritty" vs. "the gory details": While "nitty-gritty" refers to the essential details of a matter, "gory details" specifically refers to the unpleasant, shocking, or violent specifics. They are not synonyms.
- We need to discuss the nitty-gritty of the contract. (The fundamental details)
- He told me all the gory details of his divorce. (The unpleasant, private specifics)
Adjective
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accompanied by bloodshed
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this bitter and sanguinary war
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covered with blood
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a bloodstained shirt
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a gory dagger
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