goretastic

English

Etymology

From gore +‎ -tastic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɔɹˈtæs.tɪk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɔːˈtæs.tɪk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

goretastic (comparative more goretastic, superlative most goretastic)

1. (informal, rare) Fantastic with or due to an excessive amount of gore.
   • 2008 November 15, Billboard, volume 120, number 46, →ISSN, page 26:

     […] the winner of which will get a role in Lionsgate’s “Saw VI,” the next installment of the goretastic Halloween horror movie franchise that has earned almost $300 million at the box office.

   • 2020, Jonny Ross, Envy the Dead, Dorrance Publishing Company Inc., →ISBN, page 116:

     These goretastic good-ole-boys unloaded with a sadistic glee; they shot up that poor old car with a real joyful vigor.

   • 2022, Tatsuki Fujimoto, “デンジドリーム [Denji Dorīmu]”, in チェンソーマン [Chensō Man], volume 11, Shueisha Inc.; republished as “Chapter 103: Denji Dream”, in Amanda Haley, transl., Chainsaw Man, San Francisco, CA: Viz Media, 2023 October, →ISBN, page 174:

     The chainsaws are goretastic, but that’s what’s so cool about him.