enormities

Meanings

• adjective

  The quality or state of being enormous; great size or extent.

  - "The enormities of the whale left the sailors in awe."
  - "The enormities of the debt were beyond comprehension."

• noun

  Offensive or objectionable behavior or actions on a grand scale.

  - "The politician's enormities during the campaign were widely publicized."
  - "The enormities of the crime shocked the community."

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Synonyms

desecration , violation , atrociousness , depravity , immorality , anomalousness , oddness , weirdness , immensity , prodigiousness

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with enormities
orms , swarms , alarms , farms

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Variants

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enormities , enormity

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Forms

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enormity, enormities's, more enormities

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'enormis,' meaning 'great in size or extent.'

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Trivia

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1. The word 'enormities' is often used in a satirical or critical way to describe excessive behavior or actions.

2. In some cases, 'enormities' can be used to describe both the size or extent of something and offensive or objectionable behavior.

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Related Concepts

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1. magnitude: Related to the size or extent of something, as in 'the magnitude of the problem' or 'the magnitude of the discovery'.

2. obscenity: Related to offensive or objectionable behavior or speech, as in 'the obscenities of the graffiti' or 'the obscenities of the language used in the novel'.

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Culture

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In literature, 'enormities' have been used to describe the grandeur and excesses of characters or situations, often with a critical or satirical tone. For example, in Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels,' the land of the Brobdingnags is described as having enormities in both its people and its livestock.

How to Memorize "enormities"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a giant object or situation to represent the meaning of 'enormities.'
   - Visualize the size and extent of the object or situation to help remember the definition.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'enormities' with 'gigantic' or 'massive' to help remember the meaning.
   - Think of a situation or behavior that is beyond normal or acceptable to remember the second definition.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'E-N-O-R-M-O-S' to remember the first definition (enormous size or extent).
   - Use the phrase 'offensive behavior on a grand scale' to remember the second definition.

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