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)

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