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gory

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gor⋅y

  [gawr-ee, gohr-ee]
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–adjective, gor⋅i⋅er, gor⋅i⋅est.
1. covered or stained with gore; bloody.
2. resembling gore.
3. involving much bloodshed and violence: a gory battle.
4. unpleasant or disagreeable: to reveal the gory details of a divorce.
Origin:
1470–80; gore 1 + -y 1

Related forms:
gor⋅i⋅ly, adverb
gor⋅i⋅ness, noun
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go·ry   (gôr'ē, gōr'ē)   
adj.   go·ri·er, go·ri·est

  1. Covered or stained with gore; bloody.

  2. Full of or characterized by bloodshed and violence.

gor'i·ly adv., gor'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

gory 
"blood-soaked," c.1480, from gore (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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