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- pronunciation:
- ih
nor
m
ti
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
enormities |
| definition 1: |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character.
The enormity of the acts committed by the Nazis during World War II still shocks and sickens us.- synonyms:
- atrocity
- similar words:
- barbarity, brutality, cruelty, evilness, inhumanity, monstrosity, offensiveness
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| definition 2: |
a terrible crime or offense; outrage.
- synonyms:
- outrage
- similar words:
- atrocity, barbarity, brutality, crime, cruelty, harm, inhumanity, malignity, monstrosity, offense, scandal, transgression, villainy, wrong
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| definition 3: |
the quality or state of being overwhelmingly large or momentous.
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| related words: |
injury |
The word enormity
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
educate, eject, elaborate, elect, eligible, eloquent, elude, emancipate, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emit, enormous, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, event, evict, evident, evolution, evolve
norm
Latin
root
that means rule, pattern
Example words:
-ty, -ity, -uity, -eity
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state or quality of being
Example words:
dignity, elasticity, extremity, hostility, humility, ingenuity, liberty, loyalty, majority, minority, plenty, prosperity
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