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 | ||