Gory - English meaning

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The place smelled awful

adverb

Awfully; very.

Usage examples:

We're an awful long way from the motorway

adjective

Having or showing a desire to kill and maim.

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A bloodthirsty dictator

adjective

Eager to see or take part in violence

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A bloodthirsty tyrant/crowd

adjective

Eager to see or take part in violence and killing

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A bloodthirsty killer

adjective

Covered, smeared, or running with blood.

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His bloody hands

verb

Cover or stain with blood.

Usage examples:

He ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered

adjective

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.

Usage examples:

You took your bloody time

adjective

Savagely violent.

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A brutal murder

adjective

Extremely serious or urgent.

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Misuse of drugs can have dire consequences

adjective

Very serious or extreme

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Cheating will bring dire consequences.

adjective

Causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious.

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There's been a dreadful accident

adjective

Very bad

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I realized i had committed a dreadful mistake.

adjective

Feeling or showing fear or anxiety.

Usage examples:

They are fearful of the threat of nuclear war

adjective

Showing or causing fear; frightened or worried about something

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A fearful expression/reaction, fearful dangers, he was fearful of driving on the icy streets.

adjective

Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking.

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There's been a most frightful accident

adjective

Causing great horror or fear.

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One of the most ghastly crimes ever committed

adjective

Frightening and shocking

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It was a ghastly crime.

adjective

Very serious or gloomy.

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His grim expression

adjective

Not good; having no chance of a good result

Usage examples:

The outlook for a full recovery was grim., the future looks grim for workers who are losing their j…

adjective

Causing horror or disgust.

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The town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes

adjective

Extremely unpleasant or disgusting, and usually causing fear

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There were grisly pictures of an automobile accident on the evening news.

adjective

Causing repulsion or horror; grisly.

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The most gruesome murder

adjective

Extremely unpleasant and shocking

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The movie was pretty gruesome.

adjective

Extremely ugly.

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Hideous lizard-like creatures

adjective

Offensive, extremely ugly, or shocking

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The bathroom was pink and green and silver – it was absolutely hideous.

adjective

Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible.

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She suffered horrendous injuries

adjective

So bad as to be shocking; extremely unpleasant

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Exhibits show how horrendous the living conditions there were.

adjective

Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.

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A horrible massacre

adjective

Very bad, unpleasant, or disgusting

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There was a horrible smell outside the factory.

adjective

Very unpleasant or disagreeable.

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The teachers at school were horrid

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant

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It was a horrid purple color which she detested.

adjective

Causing horror; extremely shocking.

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A horrifying incident

verb

Fill with horror; shock greatly.

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They were horrified by the very idea

adjective

Very shocking

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Horrifying injuries/conditions/news

adjective

Disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death.

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A macabre series of murders

adjective

Causing shock and fear because connected with death, esp. strange or cruel death

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After the diagnosis, he said he just wanted to stay “above ground,” she recalled, smiling at his ma…

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Very frightening

Usage examples:

He told them a spine-chilling ghost story.

adjective

Extremely bad or serious.

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A terrible crime

adjective

Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

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A violent confrontation with riot police

adjective

Using or involving force to hurt or attack

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Violent crime, the police are concerned about the possibility of violent behavior at the demonstrat…