enormity

nouns

the quality of being outrageous
enormity, outrageousness
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"
enormity
is derived from
enormous
domain usage
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
colloquialism
is a type of (narrower)
unusual largeness in size or extent or number
enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness
the quality of extreme wickedness
enormity
is a type of (narrower)
the quality of being wicked
nefariousness, ugliness, vileness, wickedness
an act of extreme wickedness
enormity
is a type of (narrower)
an act of atrocious cruelty
atrocity, inhumanity