enormities
Vast moral outrages
Enormities are acts of extreme wickedness or moral outrage: the enormities committed during the war.
The word derives from the sense of something outside normal bounds—monstrous rather than merely large.
Using enormity to mean enormousness is common but disputed; enormities for vast sizes (the enormities of the universe) draws objection from traditionalists who reserve the word for evil deeds.
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- magnitudeSize or scale
- hugenessExtreme greatness in size
- massivenessExtreme largeness in scale
Extremely cruel acts
- abominationsIntensely loathed things
- outragesGrossly offensive acts
- horrorsDeeply disturbing things
- monstrositiesShockingly ugly or wrong things
depravities · crimes · evils · transgressions · iniquities · barbarities · brutalities · savageries
Extreme fear or disgust
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- appallShock with disgust
disbelief · consternation · incredulity · repulsion · astonishment · alarm · aghast · stunned
vastness
State of being immense
atrocities
Extremely cruel acts
- abominationsIntensely loathed things
- outragesGrossly offensive acts
- horrorsDeeply disturbing things
monstrosities · depravities · crimes · evils · transgressions · iniquities · barbarities · brutalities · savageries · violations
horror
Extreme fear or disgust
appall · disbelief · consternation · incredulity · repulsion · astonishment · alarm · aghast · stunned · scandalized
enormitiespeccadilloes
Slight offenses or faults
minor offenses · venial sins · misdemeanors · indiscretions · foibles
enormitiesvirtues
Positive moral traits
good deeds · blessings · kindnesses · benevolences · delights
enormitiestrivialities
Insignificant matters
trifles · minutiae · insignificances · nothings · bagatelles