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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
Hosts may genuinely want to help and simultaneously become exhausted by their guests and the enormity of the situation.
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Only the terrified face of a crying little girl reflects the enormity of what this all represents.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Three weeks after the blazes destroyed their homes, five families spoke to us about the enormity of their losses.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
That’s because Pound had won the Bollingen with great fanfare, which set off an enormity of scandal and attacks on him.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Only the terrified face of a crying little girl reflects the enormity of what this all represents.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Three weeks after the blazes destroyed their homes, five families spoke to us about the enormity of their losses.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025
That’s because Pound had won the Bollingen with great fanfare, which set off an enormity of scandal and attacks on him.
—Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for enormity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormity
Noun
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The fire department in Naypyidaw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble 91 hours after being buried when the building collapsed in the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that hit midday Friday.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Given the magnitude of the cuts, this seems unlikely. HHS reaches into the lives of all Americans.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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The compositions prioritize headspace for the sky to take over the frame during exterior shots, communicating Rico’s feeling of insignificance against the immensity of what burdens him.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Horizons suggest the unencumbered immensity of the Midwest.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, it was feared that acknowledgment of Khmer Rouge atrocities would validate the U.S. military endeavors in Indochina, which many people — especially leading scholars — had come to excoriate.—
Ray Cavanaugh,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Such eye-opening depictions of 19th and 20th-century atrocities, much like the contemporary accounts on the issue of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women, are not merely instructive, but necessary.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Enormity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormity. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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