gory details

noun

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

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Meanings

nounthe gory details pl (plural only)
  1. figurativelyinformalpluralplural onlyAll of the small facts or pieces of information about something, especially those that are excessively detailed or tedious.
  2. figurativelyinformalpluralplural onlyAll of the pieces of information about something, especially those that are scandalous or embarrassing in nature.

    It was ... my chance to dish and give all the gory details about the mommy-and-me yoga class.

    2015, Lisa Wood Shapiro, Hot Mess Mom, Misadventures of New Motherhood
  3. pluralplural onlyUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see gory, details.

    When the newspapers reported the murder of Martha Tabram [...] with the gory details of how she had been stabbed, […]

    2006, Robin Odell, Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon, Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 169
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APA

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“gory details.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gory%20details. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gory details,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gory%20details.

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