Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enormity
4 senses of enormity
Sense 1
outrageousness, enormity -- (the quality of being outrageous)
=> indecency -- (the quality of being indecent)
Sense 2
enormity -- (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")
=> enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness -- (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
Sense 3
enormity -- (the quality of extreme wickedness)
=> nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness -- (the quality of being wicked)
Sense 4
enormity -- (an act of extreme wickedness)
=> atrocity, inhumanity -- (an act of atrocious cruelty)