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enormous
[ ih-nawr-muhs ]
adjective
- greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense:
an enormous fortune.
Synonyms: stupendous, prodigious, mammoth, gigantic, colossal, vast
- outrageous or atrocious:
enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.
enormous
/ ɪˈnɔːməs /
adjective
- unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast
- archaic.extremely wicked; heinous
Derived Forms
- eˈnormousness, noun
- eˈnormously, adverb
Other Words From
- e·normous·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of enormous1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
After all, we have constructed Fortress America at enormous cost.
"We live on enormous territory, our eyes have different shapes, we believe in different religions," she said.
He has not changed his view in prison despite the enormous pressure exerted on him by the regime.
But by far the most interesting object, which held enormous fascination for me, sat high up on the top shelf.
That had to give them an enormous reservoir of moral strength and solace.
Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.
And having an enormous appetite he was fortunate in being expert at finding angleworms.
At this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.
A smile of beatitude spread over his enormous countenance during the process.
Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!
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