What does gory mean?
Gory means Covered with blood; very bloody..
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/ˈɡɔː.ɹi/ · adjective
Covered with blood; very bloody..
a gory movie
Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.
"What do you know of this Sara Stilton affair, Earl?" / "Not so much—but enough to denounce as high crime and treason her being permitted, let the paid, for eruditing on her muderous experiences and appearing upon the screen in all the gory glamour of shooting her ancient but wealthy husband. […]"
In no time they fired away all the gory intimate details, down to his rose tattoo.
[…] since the gory truth of the matter is I need scatterbrain automobiles of desire to burn up the road in order to get out of my own way
"Don't be so modest, Caitlin. Let's hear all the gory details. For instance, was there leather involved? Or maybe some handcuffs?" / Jeremy giggled.
The gory truth is that white women suffragettes (feminists) were not marching for Black women's right to vote in the early twentieth century. The unsavory reality is that Sistas faced sexism at the hands of our Brothas [too].
His only aim was to catch the CEO at lunch and give him all the gory news to make life difficult for people he didn't like.
Use gory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gory means Covered with blood; very bloody..
Common synonyms include sanguineous, sanguinary, bloody, bloodstained.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a gory movie
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