gory
/ˈɡɔɹ.i/adjective
gory is spelled G-O-R-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, gory means “Covered with blood; very bloody” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in gory?
| Letters | 4: G-O-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is gory?
Gory appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gory?
- UK /ˈɡɔː.ɹi/
- US /ˈɡɔɹ.i/
Gory has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-gory.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with gory?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as gory from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: orgy, gyro.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of gory
- gorier comparative
- goriest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gory mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Covered with blood; very bloody.
a gory movie
- 2
informalScandalous, and often unpleasant.
Her autobiography gives all the gory details of her many divorces.
- 3
Excessively detailed, often boringly so.
- 4
datedslangBloody; pesky.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense covered with blood, very bloody:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sanglant |
| German | blutig, blutrünstig, mörderisch |
| Portuguese | ensanguentado |
| Spanish | ensangrentado, sanguinolento, sangriento, cruento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gory come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).