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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
So convinced that exposing their crimes on a worldwide stage with a trial was the only way to expose the enormity of Reich atrocities and achieve closure, Jackson put at risk his fast track toward becoming Chief Justice.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
These instant charge-ups happen repeatedly, billions of times per second, in periods of high demand (like wrapping your mind around the enormity of that statistic).
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The enormity of what happened in so short a span of time beggars belief.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
While the enormity of the cast means some of the characters inevitably go underdeveloped, performances are compelling across the board.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
These instant charge-ups happen repeatedly, billions of times per second, in periods of high demand (like wrapping your mind around the enormity of that statistic).
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The enormity of what happened in so short a span of time beggars belief.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
While the enormity of the cast means some of the characters inevitably go underdeveloped, performances are compelling across the board.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormity
Noun
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But the Sooners already have two losses, so the magnitude of that win might not be as great as beating Alabama or Vanderbilt.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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The least convincing aspect of the show is the conspiracy itself, which seems oversimplified for a scandal of its magnitude.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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Cianfrance captures Jeffrey’s misadventures inside the store as if his protagonist is trapped in a cage, underlining how tiny his fugitive life is compared with the immensity of his relationship with Leigh.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
15 Oct. 2025
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Between every frame a disjunctive gap intrudes, subdividing the whole back into its parts, and thereby confronting the viewer with the plethora of copy culture, a barely manageable immensity of data.—
Jan Tumlir,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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Satellite images analyzed by the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale School of Public Health and verified by CNN show clear evidence of the atrocities in El Fasher.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Whether the atrocities of the RSF and SAF are comparable is an open question.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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Earth, a tiny target in the vastness of space, would often be spared from being hit by these magnetic projectiles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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And while the vastness of the universe is worth considering, Bouwer had the most fun conjuring all of the fun and thrills out of a small-scale story.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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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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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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Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Enormity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormity. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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