Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Very great in size, extent, or amount.
- adjective Very great in scope or import.
- adjective Archaic Very wicked; heinous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deviating from or transgressing the usual measure or rule; abnormal.
- Spreading or extending beyond certain limits; redundant.
- Greatly surpassing the common measure; exceeding the usual size: as, enormous debts; a man of enormous size.
- Extremely wicked; uncommonly atrocious: as, enormous crime or guilt.
- Disordered; perverse.
- Synonyms Enormous, Immense, Excessive, huge, vast, monstrous, prodigious, gigantic, immoderate, unwieldy. The first three words agree in expressing greatness, and the first two vastness; anything, however small, is excessive if for some special reason too great in amount. Literally, enormous is out of rule, out of proportion; immense, unmeasured, immeasurable; excessive, going beyond bounds, surpassing what is fit, right, tolerable, etc. Enormous is peculiarly applicable to magnitude, primarily physical, but also moral: as, enormous egotism; immense, to extent, quantity, and number: as, an immense national debt; immense folly; excessive, to degree: as, an excessive dose; an excessive opinion of one's own merits.
- Villainous, Abominable, etc. (see
nefarious ); heinous, atrocious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal.
- adjective Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Deviating from the
norm ;unusual ,extraordinary . - adjective obsolete Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
- adjective Extremely large;
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And I think it sees what you referred to as enormous Indian influence as part of the strategy -- Indian strategy, as, you know, trying to destabilize Pakistan.
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In his message he asked for prayers to undertake what he calls the enormous task in front of him in Iraq.
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In his message, he asked for prayers to undertake what he called the enormous task in front of him.
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Those relationships, Scales says, build what he calls enormous influence with Egypt.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Mr Abbott also highlighted what he called the enormous waste of programs like the insulation and Building the Education Revolution programs.
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Within enormous painted domes, arches and carved wood furniture entertain the eye during mass.
Durango's colonial architecture: eleven quarry stone gems 2009
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After 8 long years I found that he'd squandered all my hard-earned savings from the previous 8 years, put me in enormous debt and had given me the biggest dose of clap in the history of the world.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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After 8 long years I found that he'd squandered all my hard-earned savings from the previous 8 years, put me in enormous debt and had given me the biggest dose of clap in the history of the world.
Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America Martin Lewis 2010
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Within enormous painted domes, arches and carved wood furniture entertain the eye during mass.
Durango's colonial architecture: eleven quarry stone gems 2009
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MoveOn has put in enormous effort over many years to put itself into a position of leverage.
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