enormity 音標拼音: [ɪn'ɔrməti] [in'ɔrməti]
n . 暴行,極惡,巨大
暴行,極惡,巨大
enormity n 1 :
the quality of being outrageous [
synonym : {
outrageousness },
{
enormity }]
2 :
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 "
3 :
the quality of extreme wickedness 4 :
an act of extreme wickedness Enormity \
E *
nor "
mi *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Enormities }. [
L .
enormitas ,
fr .
enormis enormous :
cf .
F . ['
e ]
normit ['
e ].
See {
Enormous }.]
1 .
The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule ,
or of being immoderate ,
monstrous ,
or outrageous .
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1913 Webster ]
The enormity of his learned acquisitions . --
De Quincey .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which is enormous ;
especially ,
an exceeding offense against order ,
right ,
or decency ;
an atrocious crime ;
flagitious villainy ;
an atrocity .
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1913 Webster ]
These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame . --
South .
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1913 Webster ]
157 Moby Thesaurus words for "
enormity ":
abjectness ,
abominableness ,
affront ,
ampleness ,
amplitude ,
aspersion ,
atrociousness ,
atrocity ,
barbarity ,
baseness ,
beggarliness ,
bigness ,
boundlessness ,
breach ,
brickbat ,
bulk ,
contempt ,
contemptibility ,
contemptibleness ,
contumely ,
crime ,
crime against humanity ,
crumminess ,
cut ,
deadly sin ,
debasement ,
degradation ,
delinquency ,
depravity ,
dereliction ,
despicableness ,
despite ,
dump ,
enormousness ,
error ,
evil ,
execrableness ,
expanse ,
failure ,
fault ,
felony ,
flagitiousness ,
flagrancy ,
flout ,
flouting ,
formidableness ,
foulness ,
fullness ,
fulsomeness ,
genocide ,
gibe ,
gigantism ,
grandeur ,
grandness ,
graveness ,
great scope ,
greatness ,
grossness ,
guilty act ,
heavy sin ,
heinousness ,
horribleness ,
horridness ,
horror ,
hugeness ,
humiliation ,
immensity ,
impropriety ,
indignity ,
indiscretion ,
inexpiable sin ,
infinity ,
iniquity ,
injury ,
injustice ,
insult ,
intensity ,
jeer ,
jeering ,
lapse ,
largeness ,
littleness ,
lowness ,
magnitude ,
malefaction ,
malfeasance ,
malum ,
massiveness ,
meanness ,
might ,
mightiness ,
minor wrong ,
misdeed ,
misdemeanor ,
miserableness ,
misfeasance ,
mock ,
mockery ,
monstrosity ,
monstrousness ,
mortal sin ,
muchness ,
nefariousness ,
nonfeasance ,
obnoxiousness ,
odiousness ,
offense ,
omission ,
outrage ,
outrageousness ,
paltriness ,
peccadillo ,
peccancy ,
pettiness ,
plenitude ,
pokiness ,
poorness ,
power ,
prodigiousness ,
put -
down ,
rankness ,
savagery ,
scabbiness ,
scoff ,
scrubbiness ,
scruffiness ,
scumminess ,
scurrility ,
scurviness ,
seriousness ,
shabbiness ,
shoddiness ,
sin ,
sin of commission ,
sin of omission ,
sinful act ,
slip ,
smallness ,
squalor ,
strength ,
stupendousness ,
taunt ,
tort ,
transgression ,
tremendousness ,
trespass ,
trip ,
uncomplimentary remark ,
unutterable sin ,
vastness ,
venial sin ,
viciousness ,
vileness ,
weightiness ,
wickedness ,
wretchedness ,
wrong
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ENORMITY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of ENORMITY is an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act How to use enormity in a sentence Did you know? Enormity vs Enormousness: Usage Guide
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