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- pronunciation:
- ih
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ti
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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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 |
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