HyperDic: enormity

English > 4 senses of the word *enormity*:
NOUN	attribute	enormity, outrageousness	the quality of being outrageous
	attribute	enormity	vastness of size or extent
	attribute	enormity	the quality of extreme / extreme wickedness
	act	enormity	an act of extreme / extreme wickedness

enormity > pronunciation
Sounds	ihnao'rmahtiy; iynao'rmahtiy
Rhymes	ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy...

English > *enormity*: 4 senses > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of being outrageous.
Synonym	outrageousness
Broader	indecency	The quality of being indecent
Spanish	enormidad
Catalan	enormitat

English > *enormity*: 4 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	vastness of size or extent.
Examples	"in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size" "universities recognized the enormity of their task"
Broader	enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness	unusual largeness in size or extent or number
Usage of	colloquialism	A colloquial expression
Adjectives	enormous	extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

English > *enormity*: 4 senses > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	The quality of extreme / extreme wickedness.
Broader	nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness	The quality of being wicked
Spanish	enormidad

English > *enormity*: 4 senses > noun 4, act
Meaning	An act of extreme / extreme wickedness.
Broader	atrocity, inhumanity	An act of atrocious cruelty
Spanish	atrocidad
Catalan	atrocitat

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