gory

Etymology

From gore + -y. Compare Middle English güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore.

adj

  1. Covered with blood; very bloody.
    a gory movie
  2. (informal) Unpleasant.
    Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.

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