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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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