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グロ (guro) Japanese meaning: grotesque | Kotomora
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Related words グロ is the casual, clipped form used in everyday speech and online, while グロテスク is the fuller, more formal word that can also describe artistic or literary grotesqueness beyond just gore.
グロ specifically implies gore, horror, or disturbing imagery, while 気持ち悪い is broader and covers any kind of disgust or physical unease, not just gruesome content.
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That movie was too grotesque to watch.
He likes macabre stories.
I can't handle gore, so I can't watch this movie.
グロ 注ちゅう 意い gore warning (label before disturbing content)
This video has a gore-warning tag on it.
Don't confuse with グロ (short for grotesque, meaning gory/macabre) and グロス (meaning a gross of 144 items, or a glossy finish) sound alike but are unrelated in meaning.
エロ (erotic) and グロ (grotesque/gory) are often paired as エロ・グロ in media discussion but describe completely different kinds of content.
Etymology Clipped form of グロテスク, from English 'grotesque'.
