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US
/iˈnɔɹməti, ɪˈnɔɹməti/
]
[ UK /ɪnˈɔːmɪti/ ]
[ UK /ɪnˈɔːmɪti/ ]
NOUN
- the quality of extreme wickedness
- the quality of being outrageous
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vastness of size or extent
in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size
universities recognized the enormity of their task - an act of extreme wickedness
How To Use enormity In A Sentence
- So extraordinary is this fact that we shall approach it from sev-eral perspectives to try to bring its enormity within our grasp.
- I don't get your confusion if I mutter under my breath about the enormity of your shelter, or your look of dry indignation if I run and buddy up with you under your brolly - there's room enough for two, no?
- But overall there is little sign that policy-makers have grasped the enormity of what has happened. Times, Sunday Times
- It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
- This term continues to undermine the recovery of victims and plays down the enormity of the crimes so the perpetrators continually get away with pathetically short sentences. The Sun
- A mere hint of the enormity of what lay ahead was at Brookhaven in Mississippi, my first stop on the Lampton / Lambton trail.
- I went from a size 16 to an 8 a few years back, and - thanks to clever dressing in my lardier days - the sheer enormity of my achievement went tragically unrecognised : Belly 4U
- Nobody fully understands the enormity and complexity of the task of reviving the country's economy.
- The enormity of biological resources makes a case for raising a whole cadre of highly trained professionals for inventorisation, characterisation and documentation.
- A worm of proportionable enormity had bored a hole in the shell.