|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
enormous
adj 1: extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or
power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous
expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous
fact in human experience; that a whole civilization
should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a
plane took off with a tremendous noise" [syn: enormous,
tremendous]
|
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Enormous \E*nor"mous\, a. [L. enormis enormous, out of rule; e
out + norma rule: cf. F. ['e]norme. See Normal.]
1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due
proportion; inordinate; abnormal. "Enormous bliss."
--Milton. "This enormous state." --Shak. "The hoop's
enormous size." --Jenyns.
[1913 Webster]
Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as,
an enormous crime.
[1913 Webster]
That detestable profession of a life so enormous.
--Bale.
Syn: Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious;
monstrous.
Usage: -- Enormous, Immense, Excessive. We speak of a
thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law
of existence or far exceeds its proper average or
standard, and becomes -- so to speak -- abnormal in
its magnitude, degree, etc.; as, a man of enormous
strength; a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense
expresses somewhat indefinitely an immeasurable
quantity or extent. Excessive is applied to what is
beyond a just measure or amount, and is always used in
an evil; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an
immense expenditure; the expanse of ocean is immense.
"Excessive levity and indulgence are ultimately
excessive rigor." --V. Knox. "Complaisance becomes
servitude when it is excessive." --La Rochefoucauld
(Trans).
[1913 Webster]
|
|
|
Thesaurus Results for Enormous:
|
1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, a bit much, abandoned, abominable, abysmal, amplitudinous, arrant, astronomic, astronomical, atrocious, awesome, awful, base, beastly, beneath contempt, blameworthy, boundless, brutal, bulky, colossal, contemptible, cosmic, deplorable, despicable, detestable, dire, disgusting, dreadful, egregious, elephantine, epic, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fancy, fetid, filthy, flagrant, foul, fulsome, galactic, gargantuan, giant, giantlike, gigantic, gluttonous, grievous, gross, hateful, heinous, heroic, high, horrible, horrid, huge, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, immeasurable, immense, immoderate, incontinent, infamous, infinite, inordinate, intemperate, jumbo, king-size, lamentable, large, loathsome, lousy, mammoth, massive, massy, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, nasty, nefarious, noisome, notorious, obnoxious, odious, offensive, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous, outsize, overbig, overdeveloped, overgreat, overgrown, overlarge, overmuch, overweening, pitiable, pitiful, prodigious, profound, rank, regrettable, reprehensible, repulsive, rotten, sad, scandalous, schlock, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shocking, shoddy, sizable, sordid, spacious, squalid, steep, stiff, stupendous, terrible, titanic, too bad, too much, towering, tremendous, unbridled, unclean, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unrestrained, vast, vile, villainous, voluminous, weighty, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched |
|
|
|
|
|
Common Misspellings > |
Enormous nEnormous nEormous EnEormous normous EEnormous Eonrmous Enonrmous Eormous Ennormous Enromous Enoromous Enrmous Enoormous Enomrous Enormrous Enomous Enorrmous Enoromus Enormomus Enorous Enormmous Enormuos Enormouos Enormus Enormoous Enormosu Enormousu Enormos Enormouus Enormosus Enormou Enormouss 3normous e3normous 3enormous #normous e#normous #enormous 4normous e4normous 4enormous wnormous ewnormous wenormous rnormous ernormous renormous snormous esnormous senormous dnormous ednormous denormous fnormous efnormous fenormous anormous inormous onormous unormous Egormous Engormous Egnormous Ehormous Enhormous Ehnormous Ejormous Enjormous Ejnormous Ebormous Enbormous Ebnormous Emormous Enmormous Emnormous E ormous En ormous E normous En9rmous Eno9rmous En9ormous En(rmous Eno(rmous En(ormous En0rmous Eno0rmous En0ormous Enirmous Enoirmous Eniormous Enprmous Enoprmous Enpormous Enkrmous Enokrmous Enkormous Enlrmous Enolrmous Enlormous Enarmous Enermous Enurmous Eno4mous Enor4mous Eno4rmous Eno$mous Enor$mous Eno$rmous Eno5mous Enor5mous Eno5rmous Enoemous Enoremous Enoermous Enotmous Enortmous Enotrmous Enodmous Enordmous Enodrmous Enofmous Enorfmous Enofrmous Enogmous Enorgmous Enogrmous Enorjous Enormjous Enorjmous Enorkous Enormkous Enorkmous Enorlous Enormlous Enorlmous Enornous Enormnous Enornmous Enor ous Enorm ous Enor mous Enorm9us Enormo9us Enorm9ous Enorm(us Enormo(us Enorm(ous Enorm0us Enormo0us Enorm0ous Enormius Enormoius Enormious Enormpus Enormopus Enormpous Enormkus Enormokus Enormkous Enormlus Enormolus Enormlous Enormaus Enormeus Enormuus Enormo7s Enormou7s Enormo7us Enormo&s Enormou&s Enormo&us Enormo8s Enormou8s Enormo8us Enormoys Enormouys Enormoyus Enormois Enormouis Enormoius Enormohs Enormouhs Enormohus Enormojs Enormoujs Enormojus Enormoks Enormouks Enormokus Enormoas Enormoes Enormoos Enormouq Enormousq Enormouqs Enormouw Enormousw Enormouws Enormoue Enormouse Enormoues Enormoua Enormousa Enormouas Enormoud Enormousd Enormouds Enormouz Enormousz Enormouzs Enormoux Enormousx Enormouxs Enormouc Enormousc Enormoucs Enormou Enormous Enormou s Definition commonly spelled as: Defanition or Defenition, Synonym as: Synonim, Sinonym or Sinonim, Thesaurus as: Thesorus or Thesauris, Dictionary as: Dictionery or Dictionry and Define is usually not misspelled. What does mispell meen? It Meens...
Full Map Index: Å Norway-Am Timan Chad |
Ama United States of America-Audon France |
Audouville-la-Hubert France-Baskil Turkey |
Baskin United States of America-Bindoy Philippines |
Bindoy Philippines-Breuilpont France |
Breukelen Netherlands-Campofelice di Fitalia Italy |
Campofelice di Roccella Italy-Champigny France |
Champigny-en-Beauce France-Colle San Magno Italy |
Colle Sannita Italy-Damulog Philippines |
Damurhuda Bangladesh-Duliāgaon India |
Duliajan No.1 India-Ethridge United States of America |
Étienville France-Frignano Italy |
Frignicourt France-Gouhenans France |
Gouillons France-Hasselbach Germany |
Hasselbach Germany-Hurlock United States of America |
Huron United States of America-Jovellanos Cuba |
Jovellar Philippines-Kirchzell Germany |
Kircubbin United Kingdom-La Gomera Guatemala |
La Gonfrière France-Le Hohwald France |
Le Hommet-dArthenay France-Loma de Gato Philippines |
Loma de Juárez Mexico-Mālpur India |
Mālpura India-Memphis United States of America |
Memphis United States of America-Montería Colombia |
Monteriggioni Italy-Navalilla Spain |
Navalmanzano Spain-Noyelles-lès-Seclin France |
Noyelles-lès-Vermelles France-Pachelma Russia |
Pachgaon India-Piégut-Pluviers France |
Piekary Śląskie Poland-Prilep Macedonia |
Přílepy Czech Republic-Reuil-en-Brie France |
Reuilly France-Şag Romania |
Şag Romania-Saint-Puy France |
Saint-Python France-Santa Rita Panama |
Santa Rita Venezuela-Sewarhi India |
Sewen France-Sparbu Norway |
Spardorf Germany-Tamparan Philippines |
Tampayan Philippines-Tottington United Kingdom |
Tottleben Germany-Valdivia Chile |
Valdivia Colombia-Villeneuve-le-Roi France |
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France-White City United States of America |
White City Canada-Żywiec Poland |
|
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.
|
©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy |
|