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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
The enormity of what happened in so short a span of time beggars belief.
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Imagine a scenario where banks can forecast market shifts in a matter of milliseconds, identify risk to a specific location and instantly rebalance portfolios—tasks that consume enormities of processing power and precious time today.
—Roman Reznikov, Forbes.com, 6 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
The patient heatstroke victims that July weekend were an indication of the enormity of the 1995 heat wave that killed 739 people, more deaths than any disaster in Chicago history outside the 1915 SS Eastland tragedy.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
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Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Imagine a scenario where banks can forecast market shifts in a matter of milliseconds, identify risk to a specific location and instantly rebalance portfolios—tasks that consume enormities of processing power and precious time today.
—Roman Reznikov, Forbes.com, 6 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
The patient heatstroke victims that July weekend were an indication of the enormity of the 1995 heat wave that killed 739 people, more deaths than any disaster in Chicago history outside the 1915 SS Eastland tragedy.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormity
Noun
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For comparison, the brightest stars range between about magnitude 2 and -2, Venus can get as bright as -4, and the sun is at magnitude -26.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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But even if the Bucks had interest in a package involving several of those players, the Knicks are known to have concerns about the possible roster imbalance that could result from a deal of this magnitude.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
10 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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To appreciate the full moral weight and dramatic immensity of these moments means grasping the significance of the moments leading up to them—and the ones that come afterward.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Only instead of ignoring or burying this awful truth, Kai travels the world, speaking at synagogues and in Jewish community centers about his family’s dark past — and at high schools and colleges to ensure that the atrocities of Nazi Germany are never forgotten or sanitized.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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In times of mass atrocity, processing personal sorrow becomes more complicated.—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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To get a better idea of the vastness of the Milky Way, get out into the countryside where the sky is pitch dark.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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Kidman laughed, delighted at the vastness of the universe.—
Wendell Steavenson,
Vogue,
8 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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