Confused words. 2014.
enormity / enormousness — Enormity means heinous, outrageous evil or an act of outrageous evil : The enormity of the Nazi concentration camps cannot be exaggerated. Enormousness refers to hugeness: The enormousness of the Titanic did not save it from an even larger… … Confused words
enormousness — enormity, enormousness 1. Both words are derived from Latin e norma meaning ‘out of the ordinary’, and both originally had meanings associated with wicked and criminal aspects of abnormality. Enormity (15c) is older than enormousness (17c), and… … Modern English usage
enormity — enormity, enormousness 1. Both words are derived from Latin e norma meaning ‘out of the ordinary’, and both originally had meanings associated with wicked and criminal aspects of abnormality. Enormity (15c) is older than enormousness (17c), and… … Modern English usage
enormity — enormity, enormousness both mean the state or the quality of being enormous but are rarely interchangeable in modern usage. Enormity imputes an abnormal quality; it applies especially to the state of exceeding all bounds in wickedness or evil,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
enormity — [n1] horribleness abomination, atrociousness, atrocity, crime, depravity, disgrace, evil, evilness, flagrancy, grossness, heinousness, horror, monstrosity, monstrousness, nefariousness, outrage, outrageousness, rankness, turpitude, vice,… … New thesaurus
enormousness — *enormity Analogous words: immenseness or immensity, hugeness, vastness (see corresponding adjectives at HUGE): tremendousness, prodigiousness, stupendousness, monstrousness (see corresponding adjectives at MONSTROUS) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
enormity — /əˈnɔməti / (say uh nawmuhtee), /i / (say ee ) noun (plural enormities) 1. outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of his offences. 2. something outrageous or heinous, as an offence. 3. enormousness; hugeness of size, scope,… …
enormity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act < the enormities of state power Susan Sontag > < other enormities too juvenile to mention Richard Freedman > 2. the quality or state of being immoderate,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
enormity — /i nawr mi tee/, n., pl. enormities 1. outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of war crimes. 2. something outrageous or heinous, as an offense: The bombing of the defenseless population was an enormity beyond belief. 3.… … Universalium
enormity — noun 1) the enormity of the task Syn: immensity, hugeness; size, extent, magnitude, greatness 2) the enormity of his crimes Syn: wickedness, evil, vileness, baseness, depravity; outr … Thesaurus of popular words
