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ENORMITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of extreme wickedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("enormity" is a kind of...):

atrocity; inhumanity (an act of atrocious cruelty)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of extreme wickedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("enormity" is a kind of...):

nefariousness; ugliness; vileness; wickedness (the quality of being wicked)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of being outrageous

Synonyms:

enormity; outrageousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("enormity" is a kind of...):

indecency (the quality of being indecent)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Vastness of size or extent

Example:

universities recognized the enormity of their task

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("enormity" is a kind of...):

enormousness; grandness; greatness; immenseness; immensity; sizeableness; vastness; wideness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

enormous (extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree)

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