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English noun: enormity | |||
| 1. | enormity (attribute) the quality of being outrageous | ||
| Synonyms | outrageousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indecency | ||
| 2. | enormity (attribute) vastness of size or extent | ||
| Samples | In careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size. Universities recognized the enormity of their task. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| 3. | enormity (attribute) the quality of extreme wickedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nefariousness, ugliness, vileness, wickedness | ||
| 4. | enormity (act) an act of extreme wickedness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | atrocity, inhumanity | ||
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