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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GO'RY, a. [from gore.] Covered with congealed or clotted blood; as gory locks.
1. Bloody; murderous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger" [syn: bloodstained, gory]
2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (gorier; -est) Date: 15th century 1. covered with gore ; bloodstained 2. bloodcurdling, sensational <wanted to hear the gory details> Synonyms: see bloody

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (gorier, goriest) 1 involving bloodshed; bloodthirsty (a gory film). 2 covered in gore. Derivatives: gorily adv. goriness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gory Gor"y, a. [From Gore.] 1. Covered with gore or clotted blood. Thou canst not say I did it; never shake Thy gory locks at me. --Shak. 2. Bloody; murderous. ``Gory emulation.'' --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gorier goriest) Gory situations involve people being injured or dying in a horrible way. ...the gory details of Mayan human sacrifices. ...the gory death scenes. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Bloody, ensanguined.

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