gory

See also: góry

English

Etymology

From gore +‎ -y. Compare Middle English güre, gire, girre (“gory, clotted”), from Old English gyr, gyru (“filthy, muddy”), from gor (“dirt, dung”); Old Frisian gere, iere (“muddy water”). More at gore.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːɹ.i/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːri

Adjective

gory (comparative gorier, superlative goriest)

covered with blood, very bloody
unpleasant

Translations

covered with blood, very bloody

Bulgarian: кървав (bg) (kǎrvav), окървавен (bg) (okǎrvaven)
Czech: krvavý (cs), zkrvavený
Danish: blodig (da)
Dutch: bloedig (nl), bloederig (nl)
Finnish: verinen (fi), hurmeinen
French: sanglant (fr)
Georgian: სისხლიანი (sisxliani)
German: blutig (de), blutrünstig (de), mörderisch (de)
Hungarian: véres (hu)

Italian: cruento (it), sanguinoso (it), sanguinolento
Latin: cruentus
Polish: krwawy (pl)
Portuguese: ensanguentado
Russian: крова́вый (ru) (krovávyj), окрова́вленный (ru) (okrovávlennyj)
Spanish: ensangrentado (es), sanguinolento, sangriento (es)
Turkish: kanlı (tr), korkunç (tr), ürpertici (tr)
Ukrainian: кривавий (kryvávyj)
Vietnamese: máu me (vi)

unpleasant — see unpleasant

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Maori: ^{(please verify)} kino (mi)

Old English: drēoriġ

Anagrams

Győr, gyro, gyro-, ogry, orgy

Lower Sorbian

Noun

gory

Superseded spelling of góry.