Definitions for enormity

enormity e·nor·mi·ty

Spelling: [ih-nawr-mi-tee]
IPA: /ɪˈnɔr mɪ ti/

Enormity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 311 anagrams from letters in enormity (eimnorty).

Definitions for enormity

noun

  1. outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
  2. something outrageous or heinous, as an offense:
  3. greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity:

Origin of enormity

1425-75; late Middle English enormite Middle French Latin ēnormitās. See enorm, -ty2

Examples for enormity

These chaps seemed to value a man by the enormity and number of his crimes.

Even if it was a crutch, the Biblical language in these older writings did justice to the enormity of the forces at play.

Jon stood motionless, his head reeling at the enormity of what he had done.

A real-life drama proving the enormity of what just one bullet can do continued to unfold.

His pessimism about his play caused him to exaggerate the enormity of his offences.

Until now the enormity of his offence had not penetrated her understanding.

I never dreamed of any enormity greater than I have committed.

It was an objective test that, for the first time, let the enormity of the drug problem in America rear its ugly head.

And what better way to rally the troops (and they're all troops, in a pinch) than by pointing out the enormity of the enemy?

To look at her in tears was to behold the enormity of her loss.

Word Value for enormity
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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