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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
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.
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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 sheer enormity of all this bad news, day after day, is disheartening.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 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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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 sheer enormity of all this bad news, day after day, is disheartening.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 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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The magnitude of the moment wasn’t lost on fans.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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But research has projected that there is about a 50 percent chance another COVID-like magnitude of a pandemic (>25 million global deaths) will hit us in the next 20 to 25 years.—
Dr. Seth Berkley,
Time,
26 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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Not even the best paintings or photographs can ever trace its immensity; only fractions can be glimpsed and never held for long.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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The evening news reported on atrocities committed by Russian forces in Chechnya and on corruption schemes that implicated top officials in the Kremlin.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge atrocities in the late 1970s were recognized as genocide against the Cham and Vietnamese minorities, with convictions at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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The country spans 11 different time zones, making its vastness its biggest weakness in defending against Ukrainian drone attacks.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Our Universe may be full of stars, galaxies, and a cosmic web of large-scale structure, all separated by the vastness of empty space between them, but it wasn’t born that way.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 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 29 Sep. 2025.
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