enormity

Definition of enormity

Nouns

the quality of being outrageous
Synonyms:
outrageousness
Type of:
indecency
the quality of being indecent
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"
Type of:
enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness
unusual largeness in size or extent or number
the quality of extreme wickedness
Type of:
nefariousness, ugliness, vileness, wickedness
the quality of being wicked
an act of extreme wickedness
Type of:
atrocity, inhumanity
an act of atrocious cruelty

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