English dictionary

enormity

/I/'n/O/rm/I/t/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the quality of being outrageous

noun.attribute

Synonyms outrageousness

Source: WordNet 3.0
vastness of size or extent

noun.attribute

Examples
In careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size.

Universities recognized the enormity of their task.

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the quality of extreme wickedness

noun.attribute

Source: WordNet 3.0
an act of extreme wickedness

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.

noun

Source: webster1913