gory

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

covered with blood
- "a gory dagger"
accompanied by bloodshed

Adj

Covered with blood; very bloody.
Unpleasant.

Origin / Etymology

From gore + -y. Compare Middle English gorry (“muddy”), and 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.

Synonyms

bloodstained, butcherly, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous

Scrabble Score: 8

gory is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
gory is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gory is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

gory is a valid Words With Friends word