gory

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gory
    adj 1: covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory
           dagger" [syn: {bloodstained}, {gory}]
    2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
       [syn: {gory}, {sanguinary}, {sanguineous}, {slaughterous},
       {butcherly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gory \Gor"y\, a. [From {Gore}.]
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   1. Covered with gore or clotted blood.
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            Thou canst not say I did it; never shake
            Thy gory locks at me.                 --Shak.
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   2. Bloody; murderous. "Gory emulation." --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "gory":
      blood-colored, blood-spattered, bloodstained, bloodthirsty, bloody,
      bloody-minded, bloody-red, cruel, cutthroat, ensanguined, grisly,
      gruesome, homicidal, horrific, murderous, red-handed, sanguinary,
      sanguine, sanguineous, self-destructive, slaughterous, suicidal

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