gory
adjective
covered or stained with gore; bloody.
goriness
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a word derived from
gory.
Example Sentences
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But for Wylie, it was "the visual thing, the connection with fountains which I liked, not the goriness of it".
From BBC ā Feb. 24, 2026
‘Star Wars’ is hopefully a feeble attempt to make up for that lack, without goriness or violence.
From Los Angeles Times ā Dec. 5, 2015
The Scandinavians are in general more interested in the sociology of crime than in the goriness of it.
From Economist ā Aug. 30, 2012
But Mr Baildon is scarcely alone in this error: few people have understood properly the goriness of Stevenson.
From Twelve Types by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
But Mr. Baildon is scarcely alone in this error: few people have understood properly the goriness of Stevenson.
From Varied Types by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
