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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 sheer enormity of all this bad news, day after day, is disheartening.
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Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2025
But like the enormity of the rest of this bold and destined-to-be-a-classic neo-Western, the intent is to polarize an audience and nudge viewers into looking at their part in the polarization.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 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
John Adams, the COO, said people come just to take in the enormity of it all.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for enormity
Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2025
But like the enormity of the rest of this bold and destined-to-be-a-classic neo-Western, the intent is to polarize an audience and nudge viewers into looking at their part in the polarization.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 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
John Adams, the COO, said people come just to take in the enormity of it all.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormity
Noun
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But the magnitude of the moment is unmistakable.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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It still too soon to determine the exact location/magnitude of potential impacts from Kiko.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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What if the atrocities amount to genocide?—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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So much atrocity, so much terror is unbearable.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Director Reinaldo Marcus Green keeps his camera low to emphasize the vastness of the tennis world bearing down on Venus, all while Richard (Will Smith) watches on, ever enigmatically, from the tunnels.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 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 14 Sep. 2025.
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