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enormity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | outrageousness |
| Type of | indecency |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | atrocity, inhumanity |
enormity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wickedness, vileness, ugliness, nefariousness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wideness, immensity, sizeableness, immenseness, vastness, greatness, grandness, enormousness |
| Derivation | enormous |
in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size.
universities recognized the enormity of their task.
Examples of enormity
enormity
The windows are pitifully small in relation to the enormity of the view outside.
From the thenewstribune.com
The moving Genocide Museum, in the capital, explains the enormity of the events.
From the travel.uk.msn.com
This simple sentence can't even begin to encapsulate the enormity of this event.
From the latimes.com
He was wiped out, flat on his back, depressed by the enormity of what faced him.
From the time.com
Yet their efforts seem meager next to the enormity of the humanitarian disaster.
From the washingtonpost.com
I'd spent my time on the parkway awed by the sweeping vistas and sheer enormity.
From the denverpost.com
The enormity of the event may have drowned out many small but significant voices.
From the forbes.com
Meanwhile, the public seems largely clueless about the enormity of the problem.
From the newsweek.com
Ordinarily we'd give it to PALIN for the enormity of the crowds at her book tour.
From the timesunion.com
- Outrageousness: the quality of being outrageous
- Vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"
- The quality of extreme wickedness
