enormousness
[ih-nawr-muh s-nis]
- very great or abnormal size, bulk, degree, etc.; immensity; hugeness.
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Origin of enormousness
Usage note
See enormity.
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massiveness, largeness, vastness, bigness, enormity, immensity, hugeness, monstrousnessExamples from the Web for enormousness
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Historical Examples
He had not realized the enormousness of the task of putting a fellow-man out of the world.
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But what is most astonishing about the Tribute is its enormousness.
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We speak of the enormity of an offence but of the enormousness of a crowd.
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They were silent alike before the enormousness and the enormity of this.
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And I thought, too, of the enormousness of their stationery bills.
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