ENORMITY


Meaning of ENORMITY in English

n. Function: noun

1 the quality or state of being abnormally, monstrously, or outrageously evil FF1C; the utter enormity of the crime FF1E;

Synonyms: atrociousness, atrocity, heinousness, monstrousness

Related Words: grossness, outrage, outrageousness, rankness; depravity; flagrancy

Contrasted Words: excusableness, remissibility, veniality; bearableness, tolerability

2 the quality or state of being huge FF1C; the enormity of the task confounded him FF1E;

Synonyms: enormousness, hugeness, immensity, magnitude, tremendousness, vastness

Related Words: bigness, greatness, massiveness; graveness, seriousness, weightiness

Contrasted Words: diminutiveness, minuteness, smallness, tininess; triviality, unimportance

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