enormous
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense: an enormous fortune.
outrageous or atrocious: enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.
Origin of enormous
1synonym study For enormous
Other words for enormous
Other words from enormous
- e·nor·mous·ly, adverb
Words Nearby enormous
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How to use enormous in a sentence
Top officials now say the plan is to leverage the enormous investment they have made in voter data over the past three years to mount a massive turnout operation in the final weeks.
Trump and his campaign try to allay concerns about trailing Biden in television ads | Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostEven though TikTok gained enormous popularity over the last few years, governments have raised security concerns about the app.
What you must know about TikTok for business | Connie Benton | September 17, 2020 | Search Engine WatchCTV retargeting is an enormous direct-response ad opportunity.
5 tips for adding connected TV to your holiday ad strategy | Sponsored Content: SteelHouse | September 14, 2020 | Search Engine LandYet even if these up and coming corporations do become some of the more successful stocks in the world from here on out, they will almost certainly experience one or more enormous crashes to get there.
She’s trapped in the gap between signifier and signified, and that vast and enormous space tortures her.
The true love story in Elif Batuman’s The Idiot is a love affair with language | Constance Grady | September 11, 2020 | Vox
After all, we have constructed Fortress America at enormous cost.
A Gift to the Jihadis: The Unseen Airport Security Threat | Clive Irving | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST"We live on enormous territory, our eyes have different shapes, we believe in different religions," she said.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible | Anna Nemtsova | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has not changed his view in prison despite the enormous pressure exerted on him by the regime.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 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.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. BallouAnd having an enormous appetite he was fortunate in being expert at finding angleworms.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyAt this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.A smile of beatitude spread over his enormous countenance during the process.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsFancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for enormous
/ (ɪˈnɔːməs) /
unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast
archaic extremely wicked; heinous
Origin of enormous
1Derived forms of enormous
- enormously, adverb
- enormousness, noun
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