gory

See also: Gory, góry, and горы

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɹ.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹi

Adjective

gory (comparative gorier, superlative goriest)

1. Covered with blood; very bloody.

   a gory movie

2. (informal) Unpleasant.

   Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.

Translations

covered with blood, very bloody

• Bulgarian: кървав (bg) (kǎrvav), окървавен (bg) (okǎrvaven)
• Czech: krvavý (cs), zkrvavený
• Danish: blodig (da)
• Dutch: bloedig (nl), bloederig (nl)
• Finnish: verinen (fi), hurmeinen
• French: sanglant (fr)
• Georgian: სისხლიანი (sisxliani)
• German: blutig (de), blutrünstig (de), mörderisch (de)
• Hungarian: véres (hu)
• Italian: cruento (it), sanguinoso (it), sanguinolento (it)
• Latin: cruentus
• Norwegian: blodig (no)
• Plautdietsch: bloodrich
• Polish: krwawy (pl)
• Portuguese: ensanguentado
• Russian: крова́вый (ru) (krovávyj), окрова́вленный (ru) (okrovávlennyj)
• Spanish: ensangrentado (es), sanguinolento (es), sangriento (es), cruento (es)
• Turkish: kanlı (tr), korkunç (tr), ürpertici (tr)
• Ukrainian: крива́вий (kryvávyj)
• Vietnamese: máu me (vi)

unpleasant — see unpleasant

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Translations to be checked

• Maori: ^{(please verify)} kino (mi)
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} drēoriġ

Anagrams

• Győr, gyro, gyro-, ogry, orgy

Lower Sorbian

Noun

gory

1. Superseded spelling of góry.