word
Literary
Enormity
ih-NOR-mih-tee
/ɪˈnɔːrmɪtiː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Enormity
Dictionary meaning
Great wickedness or moral outrageousness; also, increasingly, great scale.
Examples
- The enormity of the crime shocked the nation.
Pronunciation tips
Four syllables. Stress on second syllable. Purists: 'enormity' = evil, not just big. 'enormousness' = large size.
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