1
as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the enormity of the crimes committed by the Nazis
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as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the enormity of the canyon can only be grasped by taking a trip through its entire length
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Recent Examples of enormity
Three weeks after the blazes destroyed their homes, five families spoke to us about the enormity of their losses.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
That’s because Pound had won the Bollingen with great fanfare, which set off an enormity of scandal and attacks on him.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
The player who so often can’t resist the attention that comes with the circus of his own making gets replaced with the steely assassin required to grasp the enormity of the task of taking on Alcaraz.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
While Constellation has been known to weather all kinds of economic and political climates, the enormity of challenges lining up against the stock is evident in its more than 16% single-session decline at one stage during Friday trading near $180.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
That’s because Pound had won the Bollingen with great fanfare, which set off an enormity of scandal and attacks on him.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
The player who so often can’t resist the attention that comes with the circus of his own making gets replaced with the steely assassin required to grasp the enormity of the task of taking on Alcaraz.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
While Constellation has been known to weather all kinds of economic and political climates, the enormity of challenges lining up against the stock is evident in its more than 16% single-session decline at one stage during Friday trading near $180.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormity
Noun
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The top-heavy magnitude of their payroll could become problematic this offseason.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2025
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The last time there was an order of this magnitude was the Edward Snowden revelations, when The Guardian revealed that the FBI had asked Verizon for the call details records for incoming and outgoing calls in the United States.—
Kevin Williams,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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The compositions prioritize headspace for the sky to take over the frame during exterior shots, communicating Rico’s feeling of insignificance against the immensity of what burdens him.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Horizons suggest the unencumbered immensity of the Midwest.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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How could an empathetic person commit such atrocities?—
Ross Overline,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Enormity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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