Enormity (Noun)

Meaning ¹

The quality of extreme wickedness.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Hypernyms

• Ugliness
• Wickedness
• Vileness

Meaning ²

An act of extreme wickedness.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

• Inhumanity

Meaning ³

Vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Hypernyms

• Greatness
• Immensity
• Wideness
• Grandness
• Immenseness
• Sizeableness
• Vastness

Related Words

• Enormous (adjective)

Meaning ⁴

The quality of being outrageous.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

• Outrageousness

Hypernyms

• Indecency