enormity | ||
1. | [ noun ] the quality of being outrageous | |
Synonyms: | outrageousness | |
Related terms: | indecency | |
2. | [ noun ] the quality of extreme wickedness | |
Related terms: | nefariousness | |
3. | [ noun ] (informal) vastness of size or extent | |
Examples: | "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size" "universities recognized the enormity of their task" |
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Related terms: | enormousness colloquialism | |
4. | [ noun ] an act of extreme wickedness | |
Related terms: | evil atrocity | |
Similar spelling: |
enormously enormous |