enormous

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UK /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ US /ɪˈnoɹ.məs/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

above, animal, hereditary, most, new, ordinary, wicked

The new shopping mall has created an enormous impact on our small town.

VERB + ENORMOUS

amassed, building, claimed, consumes, demands, exists, house, lives

The company has amassed an enormous fortune over the past two decades.

ENORMOUS + NOUN

amount, breasts, conceit, difference, dimensions, disease, fortune, liquor

The enormous amount of traffic made us arrive two hours late for the meeting.

PREP.

between, in, in, with

There was an enormous difference between the two job offers.

ADV.

surely

The cost of renovating the old house was surely enormous, so they decided to sell it instead.

Definitions

adj

Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.

all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind […].

Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.

how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous.

Men would prove wolves and vipers; tigers and dragons mixt in one and the same person to each other. O bless God for this great gift of Princes and Judges to rule the wicked and enormous world and to sway the scepter of righteousness […]

Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

The enormous Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.

He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power o

tremendous

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind […].

Wiktionary

how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous.

Wiktionary

Men would prove wolves and vipers; tigers and dragons mixt in one and the same person to each other. O bless God for this great gift of Princes and Judges to rule the wicked and enormous world and to

Wiktionary

There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.

Tatoeba · #19308

He claimed that the enormous property was at his disposal.

Tatoeba · #44479

The damage from the typhoon was enormous.

Tatoeba · #45525

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, enormous is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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