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gory
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go·ry  (gôr, gr)
adj. go·ri·er, go·ri·est
1. Covered or stained with gore; bloody.
2. Full of or characterized by bloodshed and violence.

gori·ly adv.
gori·ness n.

gory [ˈgɔːrɪ]
adj gorier, goriest
1. horrific or bloodthirsty a gory story
2. involving bloodshed and killing a gory battle
3. covered in gore
gorily  adv
goriness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.gory - covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger"
bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"
2.gory - accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"

gory
adjective
1. grisly, bloody, murderous, bloodthirsty, sanguinary The film is full of gory death scenes.
2. bloody, bloodstained, blood-soaked The ambulanceman carefully stripped off his gory clothes.
Translations
gory [ˈgɔːrɪ] ADJ (gorier (compar) (goriest (superl))) [battle, death] → sangriento
he told me all the gory details (hum) → me contó todo con pelos y señales

gory [ˈgɔːri] adj
[scene, picture] → sanglant(e)
(= unpleasant) the gory details → les détails sordides

gory
adj scene, story, violenceblutrünstig; murder, detailblutig

gory [ˈgɔːrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (battle, death) → sanguinoso/a
the gory details (hum) → i dettagli più scabrosi, i particolari più piccanti
gory [ˈgɔːrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (battle, death) → sanguinoso/a
the gory details (hum) → i dettagli più scabrosi, i particolari più piccanti

gory gore


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This feature accentuates the extreme, and often excessive, goriness and bloodiness of this volume.
A steady stream of blood it is, from the familiar goriness of the Stalinist purges and the Nazi siege of Leningrad to the little-known tragedies of dekulakization, in which the Communist Party killed or dispossessed countless undesirables in the name of collectivization, and the great famine of 1931-32, in which between 5 and 7 million people starved to death.
The sensational goriness of the visuals from Nitsch's work (which can be viewed online at www.
 
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