He was unaware of the enormity of the offense.
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Enormity
//ɪˈnɔːmɪti//
Synonyms for "enormity" (190 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (57)
Related words (95)
largenesslittlenesslownessmagnitudemalefactionmalfeasancemalummassivenessmeannessmightmightinessminor wrongmisdeedmisdemeanormiserablenessmisfeasancemockmockerymonstrositymonstrousness
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mortal sinmuchnessnefariousnessnonfeasanceobnoxiousnessodiousnessoffenseomissionoutragepaltrinesspeccadillopeccancypettinessplenitudepokinesspoornesspowerprodigiousnessput downput-downranknesssavageryscabbinessscoffscrubbinessscruffinessscumminessscurrilityscurvinessseriousnessshabbinessshoddinesssinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actslap in the faceslipsmallnesssqualorstrengthstupendousnesstaunttorttransgressiontremendousnesstrespasstripuncomplimentary remarkunutterable sinvastnessvenial sinviciousnessvilenessweightinesswickednesswretchednesswrong
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17 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- чудовищност noun (extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty)
Catalan
1 entries- enormitat noun (great size)
French
1 entries- énormité noun (great size)
Galician
2 entries- enormidade noun (extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty)
- enormidade noun (great size)
Italian
1 entries- enormità noun (great size)
Latin
1 entries- immānitās noun (extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty)
Latvian
2 entries- gigantiskums noun (great size)
- milzīgums noun (great size)
Portuguese
2 entries- enormidade noun (extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty)
- enormidade noun (great size)
Romanian
2 entries- enormitate noun (extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty)
- imensitate noun (great size)
Spanish
4 entries- enormidad noun (extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty)
- enormidad noun (great size)
- gigantez noun (great size)
- perversidad noun (extreme wickedness, nefariousness, or cruelty)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead.
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And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Source: tatoeba (347769)
This globe is really unvast compared to the enormity of the universe. Feminine persons should adjust their mental viewpoint accordingly.
Source: tatoeba (9085744)
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