Gory

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gory \Gor"y\, a. [From {Gore}.]
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     1. Covered with gore or clotted blood.
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              Thou canst not say I did it; never shake


              Thy gory locks at me.                 --Shak.
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     2. Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gory
       adj 1: covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger"
              [syn: {bloodstained}]
       2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
          [syn: {sanguinary}, {sanguineous}, {slaughterous}, {butcherly}]
       [also: {goriest}, {gorier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "gory":
     blood-colored, blood-spattered, bloodstained, bloodthirsty, bloody,
     bloody-minded, bloody-red, cruel, cutthroat, ensanguined, grisly,
     gruesome, homicidal, horrific, murderous, red-handed, sanguinary,
     sanguine, sanguineous, self-destructive, slaughterous, suicidal