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as in badness
the state or quality of being utterly evil
the enormity of the crimes committed by the Nazis
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as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the enormity of the canyon can only be grasped by taking a trip through its entire length
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Recent Examples of enormity
Think about the types of patterns that can be found amid the enormity of human writing.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
After winning, DeVaux didn’t downplay the enormity of her achievement.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 3 May 2026
The enormity of the turbines was evident from even a mile out.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The idea that these enormities wouldn’t have negative electoral ramifications is mystifying.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
After winning, DeVaux didn’t downplay the enormity of her achievement.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 3 May 2026
The enormity of the turbines was evident from even a mile out.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
The idea that these enormities wouldn’t have negative electoral ramifications is mystifying.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormity
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On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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The abnormal frequency of tornado outbreaks means some Illinoisans are facing a natural disaster of this magnitude for the first time.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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That is when the United States duels Australia on Friday in a World Cup match hyped by a budding rivalry, next-phase magnitude, and home-field aura.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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This lawless crew shares dramaturgical DNA with the vice figures from medieval morality plays, personifications of sinfulness who would confide their schemes to the audience and make theatergoers their co-conspirators in a riveting game that obviously left its mark on a young Shakespeare.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Combining the immensity of an ocean liner and the elegance of a swan, the 747 is the only commercial jet that deserves to be called beautiful.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Off the record, Harris conveyed her deep despair at the scale of atrocity in Gaza.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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As a survivor of the Armenian Genocide during World War I, Galentz’s oeuvre serves not only as a reminder of the resilience of the human spirit but also the power of creativity amid some of the worst imaginable atrocities.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
12 June 2026
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This week will bring that fiery adrenaline into your soul, pushing you to explore the depths within, but also the vastness of the world and other people.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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Cross-hatched grids in the background represent the vastness of the surrounding areas, including Burbank and Studio City.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.—
William Earl,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Enormity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormity. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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