gorier; goriest
1
: covered with gore : bloodstained
2
: bloodcurdling, sensational
wanted to hear the gory details
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doesn't watch too many movies that feature gory violence
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There’s a sequence in this film that’s arguably the goriest, and there’s another five minutes of that sequence.
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William Earl, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
Perkins pushes back against logic in favor of entertaining midnight madness, and death has never been funnier or gorier.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Of the three, this Nosferatu is the goriest, the most violent, and the most focused on Orlok’s Satanism.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Probably Amazon’s goriest show, The Boys stands as a pertinent examination of the abuses of power, all wrapped in superhero drag.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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William Earl, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
Perkins pushes back against logic in favor of entertaining midnight madness, and death has never been funnier or gorier.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Of the three, this Nosferatu is the goriest, the most violent, and the most focused on Orlok’s Satanism.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Probably Amazon’s goriest show, The Boys stands as a pertinent examination of the abuses of power, all wrapped in superhero drag.
—Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Gory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gory. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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