ENORMITY


Meaning of ENORMITY in English

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

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