enormity

1 the state or quality of being utterly evil the enormity of the crimes committed by the Nazis Synonyms atrociousness, atrocity, badness, depravedness, depravity, diabolicalness, evilness, heinousness, hideousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness Related Words accursedness, baseness, cursedness, devilishness, execrableness, fiendishness, hellishness; corruption, decadence, degeneracy, pervertedness; immorality; infamy, notoriety Near Antonyms morality; chasteness, innocence, purity Antonyms 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 immensity, enormousness, giantism, gigantism, hugeness, immenseness, magnitude, massiveness, prodigiousness, vastitude, vastnessRelated Words bigness, extensiveness, greatness, largeness, sizableness, voluminousness, weightiness; awesomeness, grandness, stupendousness, tremendousness; boundlessness, limitlessness; ampleness, capaciousness, commodiousness, spaciousness; excessiveness, extravagance, extremeness, gaudiness, grandiosity, immoderacyNear Antonyms littleness, puniness, smallness; trivialityAntonyms diminutiveness, minuteness, tininess