Gory
Gory adjective - Smeared or stained with blood.
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Shocking and gory are semantically related. in disgusting topic. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Gory".
Nearby Words: gore, gorily
Shocking
Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.
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And A LOT of it is so over the top, that it's more funny than gory or shocking (he just punches someone and it happens), considering they were aiming to go darker, this is somewhat amusing.
Source: Your Head A-Splode -
Charlotte de Berry is a (probably fictional) female pirate captain who stars in Edward Lloyd's History of the Pirates, a "penny dreadful" or "penny blood" - cheap stories with a fairly gory or shocking theme written to entertain the masses.
Source: Pirate Girl - Gory Discretion Shot: Occasionally, we won't even see when the orb zaps someone to death—which makes it all the more shocking when someone unexpected dies.
Source: Film / Circle
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