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   enormity

   /ɪˈnɔːmɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong: "a thorough search disclosed the full enormity of the crime"
   • ▪ (in neutral use) large size or scale: "I began to get a sense of the enormity of the task" Similar immensityvastnessmassivenesshugenesssizeextentmagnitudeexpansegreatnesslargenessbignessrare:enormousnessOpposite trivialitysmallness
   • 2. a grave crime or sin: "the enormities of war" Similar wickednessevilnessvilenessbasenessblacknessdepravityoutrageousnessmonstrousnesshideousnessdreadfulnessheinousnessawfulnessnastinesshorroratrocityvillainycrueltyinhumanitymercilessnessbrutalitybrutalismbestialitybarbarismbarbarousnesssavageryviciousnessrare:nefariousnessoutragehorrorevilvillainyatrocitybarbarityact of brutalityact of savageryact of wickednessact of crueltyabominationmonstrosityobscenityiniquityviolationcrimetransgressionwrongwrongdoingoffenceinjuryaffrontdisgracescandalinjusticeabusemalfeasancetortOpposite goodness

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin enormitas, from enormis, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + norma ‘pattern, standard’. The word originally meant ‘deviation from legal or moral rectitude’ and ‘transgression’. Current senses have been influenced by enormous.

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   • If you refer to the enormity of something that you consider to be a problem or difficulty, you are referring to its very great size, extent, or seriousness. He was anxious about the enormity of the task ahead. If you refer to the enormity of an event, you are emphasizing that it is terrible and frightening.

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