No. 2,957 in French
gore
Graphic or bloody.
In a sentence
Le film qu'ils ont regardé hier soir était vraiment gore.
The movie they watched last night was really gory.
In this sentence, the word 'gore' is employed as an informal French adjective derived from English, commonly used to describe content, particularly films, that are graphic and violent.
Je ne peux pas regarder ces scènes de films trop gores ; elles me rendent mal à l'aise.
I cannot watch those movie scenes that are too gory; they make me uncomfortable.
In this case, 'gores' is used in its plural form to indicate multiple instances of gory scenes, providing emphasis and emotional reaction.
Ce genre de littérature est parfois critiqué pour ses descriptions gores.
This type of literature is sometimes criticized for its gory descriptions.
Here, 'gores' is used to describe specific characteristics of literary descriptions, applying the adjective in a granular and critical sense.
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