ENORMITY
Scrabble letter values: E1N1O1R1M3I1T1Y4 = 13
Definition
- noun the quality of being outrageous. — synonyms: outrageousness
- noun vastness of size or extent.
- noun the quality of extreme wickedness.
- noun an act of extreme wickedness.
Examples
- “in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size”
- “universities recognized the enormity of their task”
- “Not until the war ended and journalists were able to enter Cambodia did the world really become aware of the enormity of Pol Pot’s oppression.”