Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gory details

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: gory de-tails
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

All of the small facts or pieces of information about something, especially those that are excessively detailed or tedious.

Informal

noun

All of the pieces of information about something, especially those that are scandalous or embarrassing in nature.

Informal

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gory, details.

Example Sentences

"It was ... my chance to dish and give all the gory details about the mommy-and-me yoga class."
"When the newspapers reported the murder of Martha Tabram [...] with the gory details of how she had been stabbed, […]"

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

the gory details (canonical, plural)

Phrases

bare all bare one's soul leave nothing to the imagination tell-all warts and all

Frequently Paired Words

bare all bare one's soul leave nothing to the imagination tell-all warts and all

Questions

What does gory details mean?: All of the small facts or pieces of information about something, especially those that are excessively detailed or tedious.

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