gory
- Covered with blood; very bloody.
- (informal) Unpleasant.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɔː.ɹi/
Etymology
In summary
From gore + -y. Compare Middle English gorry (“muddy”), and 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.
incredibly brutal
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