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enormity
[ ih-nawr-mi-tee ]
noun
- outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
the enormity of war crimes.
Synonyms: heinousness, monstrousness
- something outrageous or heinous, as an offense:
The bombing of the defenseless population was an enormity beyond belief.
- greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity:
The enormity of such an act of generosity is staggering.
enormity
/ ɪˈnɔːmɪtɪ /
noun
- the quality or character of being outrageous; extreme wickedness
- an act of great wickedness; atrocity
- informal.vastness of size or extent
Usage
Confusables Note
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of enormity1
Example Sentences
Given the enormity of the task at hand, we need to function like an ecosystem, finding strength in our diversity.
One is the way that these enormous companies make the money, and then the enormity of these enormous companies.
When Gates directed his focus to philanthropy two decades ago, he also seized attention, wielding outsize influence in the areas where the foundation gives due to the enormity of his wealth.
Progressives worry that neither proposal is ambitious enough to address the enormity of the problem.
We’re not going to stop causing the enormity of harms we do to animals because we care about chickens and pigs—it’s going to be because we create a new technology that renders the current system obsolete.
To look at her in tears was to behold the enormity of her loss.
It was an objective test that, for the first time, let the enormity of the drug problem in America rear its ugly head.
A real-life drama proving the enormity of what just one bullet can do continued to unfold.
Even if it was a crutch, the Biblical language in these older writings did justice to the enormity of the forces at play.
And what better way to rally the troops (and they're all troops, in a pinch) than by pointing out the enormity of the enemy?
She had called the culprit to her desk just before the noon recess and now showed her the enormity of her offenses.
"Here, let go my hand," she added, suddenly conscious of the enormity John Sibley was committing by squeezing it now.
But the youth and inexperience of Riaro excused the enormity of a crime perpetrated under the sanction of the supreme pontiff.
It was marked in the circumstances and enormity of the crime, and marked in the subsequent good conduct of the prisoner.
I know that is an enormity, but I heard the Major tell of currying horses once.
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