Gory
Gory adjective - Smeared or stained with blood.
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Vivid and gory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vivid" instead an adjective "Gory".
Nearby Words: gore, gorily
Vivid
Vivid adjective - Producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description.
Both words in one sentence
- War Is Hell: There are many gory, vivid shots of people getting shot or blown up.
Source: Film / Yamato -
While being held captive by Caitrin and Loris in The Bishop's Heir, Dhugal has a vivid nightmare about facing divine judgement for failing to save Kelson, whose gory corpse rises up from its bier to point an accusing finger at him.
Source: Nightmare Sequence - Nightmare Sequence: While being held captive by Caitrin and Loris in The Bishop's Heir, Dhugal has a vivid nightmare about facing divine judgement for failing to save Kelson, whose gory corpse rises up from its bier to point an accusing finger at him.
Source: Literature / Deryni
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