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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
enormity
1. the quality of being outrageous (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
outrageousness
• Derivationally related forms:
outrageous (for: outrageousness)
• Hypernyms:
indecency
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
• Derivationally related forms:
enormous
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity,
sizeableness, vastness, wideness
3. the quality of extreme wickedness
• Hypernyms:
nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness
4. an act of extreme wickedness
• Hypernyms:
atrocity, inhumanity
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