English Explanatory Dictionary

gory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Covered with blood; very bloody.
  2. Scandalous, and often unpleasant.
  3. Excessively detailed, often boringly so.
  4. Bloody; pesky.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɔː.ɹi/ /ˈɡɔɹ.i/ En-us-gory.ogg

Word forms

gory gorier goriest Gorys

Etymology

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.

Derived words

gorily goriness gory details ungory
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on G Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary