Meaning of GORY
| Pronunciation: | | 'gowree
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- [adj] covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger"
- [adj] accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
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| | Synonyms: | | bloodstained, bloody, butcherly, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gor"y\, a. [From {Gore}.]
1. Covered with gore or clotted blood.
Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory
locks at me. --Shak.
2. Bloody; murderous. ``Gory emulation.'' --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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