gutting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of gut

noun

1. (in-plural)The remains after gutting a fish.

   “mackerel guttings”

2. The act by which somebody is gutted.

   “Near-synonyms: evisceration, disembowelment”

adj

1. Disheartening, crushing.