(b) Explain : enormity of the moment.
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If you refer to the enormity of something that you consider to be a problem or difficulty, you are referring to its very great size, extent, or seriousness. I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility. [ + of] He was anxious about the enormity of the task ahead.
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Although enormity has been used since the late 1700s to denote large size, this usage continues to be disparaged by various language commentators who argue that enormity should be reserved for senses related to "great wickedness." It is enormousness, they insist (a hefty and considerably less common word), that should be used in reference to great size, despite the fact that, like enormity, it too originally was used to denote wickedness or divergence from accepted moral standards. For better or worse, this proscription has been widely ignored by many English speakers, including professional writers. However one chooses to use them, enormity and enormous can both be traced back to the Latin enormis, from the prefix e- ("out of") and norma ("rule," "pattern," or "carpenter's square").
Examples of enormity in a Sentence
We were shocked at the enormity of the crime. They didn't fully grasp the enormityof their decision.
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enor·mi·ty | \ i-ˈnȯr-mə-tē \
plural enormities
Definition of enormity
1: an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral actthe enormities of state power— Susan Sontagother enormities too juvenile to mention— Richard Freedman
2: the quality or state of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageousespecially : great wickednessthe enormity of the crimes committed during the Third Reich— G. A. Craig
3: the quality or state of being huge : IMMENSITYthe inconceivable enormity of the universe
4: a quality of momentous importance or impactthe enormity of the decision