gory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite covered with blood
    bloodstained.
    • a bloodstained shirt
    • a gory dagger
  2. adjective satellite accompanied by bloodshed
    sanguineous; sanguinary; slaughterous; butcherly.
    • this bitter and sanguinary war

WordNet

Gor"y adjective
Etymology
From Gore.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913