gory

Everyday

1. Gory means full of blood and violence, often in a film, game or story. tree →
2. (informal) The gory details are the unpleasant or embarrassing details of something, told fully: «Tell me all the gory details!» tree →

In the lessons

Used about horror stories, history lessons about battles and Horrible Histories, and film age ratings. In everyday chat «the gory details» is a joke way to ask for every bit of a story. Phrases: «gory details», «a gory film».

Examples

• That film is too gory for children. tree →
• The history book had a gory picture of a battle. tree →
• I covered my eyes at the gory part. tree →
• Tell me all the gory details of your camping trip! tree →
• My brother loves gory zombie stories. tree →
• The age rating warns that the game is gory. tree →
• Horrible Histories tells the gory side of the past. tree →
• The fox left a gory mess in the chicken run. tree →

Note

Comparative gorier, superlative goriest. Gore means blood from a wound. Do not confuse with «gaudy» or with «Gorey», a place name.