'Gory' definitions:
Definition of 'gory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger" [syn: bloodstained, gory]
adjective
Accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]
Definition of 'Gory'
From: GCIDE
- Gory \Gor"y\, a. [From Gore.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Covered with gore or clotted blood. [1913 Webster]
- Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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