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enormous

American  
[ih-nawr-muhs] / ɪˈnɔr məs /

adjective

  1. greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense.

    an enormous fortune.
    Synonyms:
    stupendous, prodigious, mammoth, gigantic, colossal, vast

  2. outrageous or atrocious.

    enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.
enormous British  
/ ɪˈnɔːməs /

adjective

  1. unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast

  2. archaic extremely wicked; heinous

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Related Words

See huge.

Other Word Forms

  • enormously adverb
  • enormousness noun

Etymology

Origin of enormous

First recorded in 1525–35; enorm + -ous

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