guro

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noun

A subgenre of manga and anime focusing on gore and mutilation.

Similar
Kweni
OriginJapanese グロ ← English grotesque →
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Meanings

guro1

nounguro (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA subgenre of manga and anime focusing on gore and mutilation.

    The scope of hentai encompasses the entire range of sexual fetishes, including […] Guro, focusing on imaginative gore and mutilation.

    2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Animation & Cartoons
    1 more example

    And maybe the Moravecian dream would be especially exciting for fans of guro manga who want to live out all the fantasies to have sex like the immortal Mai in Waita Uziga's Mai-chan's Daily Life, who stay alive even after being violently mutilated […]

    2009, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep?: Critical Perspectives on Sexuality and Pornography in Science and Social Fiction

Guro2

proper noun
  1. A language of the Mande family spoken in the Ivory Coast.

    Synonyms: Kweni

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA language of the Mande family spoken in the Ivory Coast.

Similar
Kweni
Also see
kweni

Origin

  1. Englishgrotesque
  2. Japaneseグロ
  3. Englishguro

Reborrowed from Japanese グロ (guro), from English grotesque.

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

guro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guro

MLA

“guro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guro. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guro,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guro.

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