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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 the circuit was also a lot to take in, especially when the grandstands filled up on Sunday.
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Luke Smith,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
On their first two trips to the property, the enormity of the task at hand—and their utter naiveté in taking it on—sank in.
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Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for enormity
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
On their first two trips to the property, the enormity of the task at hand—and their utter naiveté in taking it on—sank in.
—
Ingrid Abramovitch,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
Think about the types of patterns that can be found amid the enormity of human writing.
—
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
See All Example Sentences for enormity
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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According to Reuters, the United States and European Union raised concerns that the resolution could be interpreted as creating a hierarchy among crimes against humanity by treating some atrocities as more serious than others.
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The genocidal atrocities uncovered in Bucha were televised internationally.
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In Alaska, bush pilots often brave cruel November weather to carry ballots from the vastness of America's largest state, with some arriving after polls close.
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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.
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That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.
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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.
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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.
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“Enormity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormity. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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