enormity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of being outrageous
Types & categories
- indecency hypernym
Related & opposite
- horrific derivation
Sense 2 noun
vastness of size or extent
in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size
Types & categories
- enormousness hypernym
Related & opposite
- enormous derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 3 noun
the quality of extreme wickedness
Types & categories
- vileness hypernym
Sense 4 noun
an act of extreme wickedness
Types & categories
- atrocity hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | horrific |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | indecency |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enormous |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | enormousness |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vileness |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | atrocity |