noun
1.
the quality or state of being abnormally, monstrously, or outrageously evil
the utter enormity of the crime
Synonyms: atrociousness, atrocity, heinousness, monstrousness
Related Word: grossness, outrage, outrageousness, rankness; depravity; flagrancy
Contrasted words: excusableness, remissibility, veniality; bearableness, tolerability
2.
the quality or state of being huge
the enormity of the task confounded him
Synonyms: enormousness, hugeness, immensity, magnitude, tremendousness, vastness
Related Word: bigness, greatness, massiveness; graveness, seriousness, weightiness
Contrasted words: diminutiveness, minuteness, smallness, tininess; triviality, unimportance