Associations to the word «Enormity»

Wiktionary

ENORMITY, noun. (uncountable) Extreme wickedness, nefariousness. [from 15th c.]
ENORMITY, noun. (countable) An act of extreme evil or wickedness. [from 15th c.]
ENORMITY, noun. (uncountable) Hugeness, enormousness, immenseness. [from 18th c.]

Dictionary definition

ENORMITY, noun. The quality of being outrageous.
ENORMITY, noun. 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, noun. The quality of extreme wickedness.
ENORMITY, noun. An act of extreme wickedness.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley