What part of speech is gory?

Gory can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. gory is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

What does gory mean?

Definitions

Adjective

gory - accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
gory - covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory dagger"

Examples of gory

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A gory dagger.
2. adj. It was pretty gory.
3. adj. "Then wars shall cease and savage times grow mild, / and Remus and Quirinus, brethren twain, / with hoary Faith and Vesta undefiled, / shall give the law. With iron bolt and chain / firm-closed the gates of Janus shall remain. / Within, the Fiend of Discord, high reclined / on horrid arms, unheeded in the fane, / bound with a hundred brazen knots behind, / and grim with gory jaws, his grisly teeth shall grind."
4. adj. I don't think really we want to know all the gory details.
5. adj. I don't think that really we want to know all the gory details.
6. adj. Tom wanted to hear all the gory details.
7. adj. "Do you want to see that gory horror movie with me?" "Absolutely not."
Sentence  
adj.
A gory dagger.
It was pretty gory.
"Then wars shall cease and savage times grow mild, / and Remus and Quirinus, brethren twain, / with hoary Faith and Vesta undefiled, / shall give the law. With iron bolt and chain / firm-closed the gates of Janus shall remain. / Within, the Fiend of Discord, high reclined / on horrid arms, unheeded in the fane, / bound with a hundred brazen knots behind, / and grim with gory jaws, his grisly teeth shall grind."
I don't think really we want to know all the gory details.
I don't think that really we want to know all the gory details.
Tom wanted to hear all the gory details.
"Do you want to see that gory horror movie with me?" "Absolutely not."

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