enormous
Americanadjective
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greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense.
an enormous fortune.
- Synonyms:
- stupendous, prodigious, mammoth, gigantic, colossal, vast
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outrageous or atrocious.
enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.
adjective
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unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast
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archaic extremely wicked; heinous
Related Words
See huge.
Other Word Forms
- enormously adverb
- enormousness noun
Etymology
Origin of enormous
Example Sentences
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O'Connor says it's completely normal for parents to experience regret, given how enormous and demanding the role is.
From BBC
Absorbing this well-chosen album is a treat, and a chance to appreciate the delicate mortality that thrives in a place simultaneously enormous, eternal and ephemeral.
From Los Angeles Times
A black cat with enormous green eyes stared back at me.
From Los Angeles Times
That totals more than $60 billion in losses, an enormous number.
From Barron's
Companies, particularly in the arms sector, will "within a year have enormous sums of money at their disposal that will be redistributed," he said.
From Barron's
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