Thesaurus: enormity
The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
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- n. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.
- n. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.
- n. the quality of being outrageous
- n. vastness of size or extent
- n. the quality of extreme wickedness
- n. an act of extreme wickedness
- 1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous. The enormity of his learned acquisitions. De Quincey. 2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity. These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. South.
- n:100 n. vastness of size or extent n. the quality of extreme wickedness n. an act of extreme wickedness