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enormity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of enormity

1 the state or quality of being utterly evil
  • the enormity of the crimes committed by the Nazis
Synonyms of enormity

atrociousness, atrocity, badness, depravedness, depravity, diabolicalness, evilness, heinousness, hideousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness
Words Related to enormity

accursedness, baseness, cursedness, devilishness, execrableness, fiendishness, hellishness

corruption, decadence, degeneracy, pervertedness

immorality

infamy, notoriety
Near Antonyms of enormity

morality

chasteness, innocence, purity
Antonyms of enormity

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness
2 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
Synonyms of enormity

enormousness, giantism, gigantism, hugeness, immenseness, immensity, magnitude, massiveness, prodigiousness, vastitude, vastness
Words Related to enormity

bigness, extensiveness, greatness, largeness, sizableness, voluminousness, weightiness

awesomeness, grandness, stupendousness, tremendousness

boundlessness, limitlessness

ampleness, capaciousness, commodiousness, spaciousness

excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, gaudiness, grandiosity, immoderacy
Near Antonyms of enormity

littleness, puniness, smallness

triviality
Antonyms of enormity

diminutiveness, minuteness, tininess

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