graphic
- adjective
- /ˈɡræfɪk/
- Offensive
- At the same time, he provided his audience with graphic descriptions of key events in his people's history.
- graphic details
- graphic description
- graphic depictions
It was, it wasn't super graphic in detail.
- It was, it wasn't super graphic in detail.
- I mean, not combo, but we overheard graphic sex in that hotel room.
- Now this is going to get graphic guys, so you're welcome.
- And those nightmares were graphic and they were horrific.
- It's just some of it's graphic and I don't think it's helpful.
- We show the rapes as graphic as what scene is so graphic.
- There's a lot of abortion, graphic abortion scenes.
- It's like graphic with all the amount of blood.
- And, and I give a very stark and maybe a bit graphic example.
- He's a rated R graphic character nonetheless.
- Oh, no graphic depictions of competent women.
Examples
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Tonight, I present to you material of a graphic and violent nature never before seen on television.
Fiction book (2001) -
There are some very graphic sex scenes in this poetry book.
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The United States has graphic violence on television all the time.
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This is pretty graphic stuff.
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The footage contains graphic content with the intent to shock.
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The badly divided national Legislative Assembly provides a graphic example of this problem.
Academic text (1993) -
Egils saga provides one of the most graphic examples of how women are treated.
Academic text (1997) -
The documentary featured graphic scenes of animal cruelty that many viewers found disturbing.
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He described the accident in graphic detail, leaving everyone in the room visibly shaken.
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The horror movie was criticized for its graphic depictions of violence and gore.
Synonyms
Making strong, clear images or feelings in the mind
Shocking and sensational because it shows violent or disgusting details
That gives a clear picture in the mind with vivid words
Content that shows sexual or violent details clearly
Compounds
- Specialized
A silver-white mineral containing silver and gold that people use to get gold
How Graphic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Graphic comes from an old Greek word graphein, which means 'to write' or 'to draw'. A 'graphic' account is like writing that 'draws' a clear picture in your mind, so the details feel very vivid or real.