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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 region is used to monsoon rains and frequent flooding, but the enormity of the human toll and level of destruction have shocked many, with scientists warning that, as the climate crisis intensifies, more intense extreme weather events will become the new normal.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Despite the enormity of these crimes, many United Nations member states continue to recognize and engage with this illegitimate regime, thereby perpetuating its impunity.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
For many Americans, there might be a temptation to disbelieve the enormity of what has happened in the Gaza Strip.
—Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
So was the enormity of all that was lost, an era that has ended.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormity
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As if to prove that it can’t be exceeded in badness, Playdate has both.—
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Somehow, this new sensation emitted an awareness of the magnitude in which skateboarding would warp my life, which only ratcheted up the anxiety of blowing it.—
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Also, many of the quakes may be around the same magnitude, geologists said.—
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McCall urged survivors and others still grappling with the immensity of the tragedy to seek help themselves.—
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To get at that immensity, Bell advances seven core arguments that encompass migration, the war’s human cost, the improbability of its outcome, naval power, trade, imperial crackdowns in other colonies and the spread of liberty.—
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In Hollywood, Star 80 wasn’t treated as a failure; was treated as an atrocity.—
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John and Pam Hughes called it an atrocity.—
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The woman used her headlamp light to alert crews and in a photo of the mountain her location can be seen as a white point of light in the vastness of the peak.—
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Michael Sutton, a redevelopment coordinator, has attributed the vastness of the land bank, particularly in northeast Wyandotte, to 20th century redlining and southward and westward flight of the county’s white, wealthy and middle class families.—
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That was really what helped me into the character and into her evilness.—
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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.—
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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.—
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The case has captured the nation's attention for several reasons over the years, from the heinousness of the charges and the 1,000 survivors to questions about Epstein's connections to the rich and powerful, including the president.—
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“Enormity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormity. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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