enormous
UK/ɪˈnɔː.məs//ɪˈnoɹ.məs/
enormous adjective: deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
Adjective
enormous (comparative more enormous, superlative most enormous)
- 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 […]., New York 2001, p.105
- Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
- how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- 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 […]1872, James Pillsbury Lane, Historical Sketches of the First Congregational Church, Bristol, R.I., 1689-1872, page 61
- 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.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- Olympian
enormous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
enormous in Tamil
- மாபேரளவான, மிகப்பெரிய
enormous in Urdu
- بڑا, جسیم, ضخیم
enormous in Bengali
- বৃহদাকার, প্রচুর, প্রকাণ্ড, সাঙ্ঘাতিক, ঢাউস, পেল্লয়
enormous in Malayalam
- കൂറ്റൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- enormous in Kannada
- ಅಗಾಧವಾದ, ಅತಿದೊಡ್ಡ, ಬೃಹತ್ತಾದ, ಬಹು ಗಾತ್ರವಾದ
- enormous in Gujarati
- પ્રચંડ
- enormous in Arabic
- ضَخْم ḍaḵm, هَائِل hāʔil
- enormous in Thai
- มหึมา má-hʉ̀-maa
- enormous in Vietnamese
- khổng lồ
Examples of enormous in a sentence
- Protestant Christian people are largely ignorant or indifferent to the wicked and enormous religious claims of Romanism.1898, Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension and Saloon Suppression, page 7:
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
- The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.2018 May 17, “Corbynomics would change Britain—but not in the way most people think”, in The Economist:
Synonyms of enormous
Antonyms
Forms of enormous
| comparative | more enormous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most enormous |
Origin of enormous
From Latin ēnormis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.
Words formed from enormous
Words that rhyme with enormous
Questions about enormous
- What does enormous mean?
- Enormous means deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
- What is enormous in Tamil?
- Enormous in Tamil is மாபேரளவான, மிகப்பெரிய. See Enormous meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use enormous in a sentence?
- Protestant Christian people are largely ignorant or indifferent to the wicked and enormous religious claims of Romanism.
- What part of speech is enormous?
- Enormous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce enormous?
- Enormous is pronounced /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ (UK).
Words near enormous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: enormous (page history and authors); enormous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enormous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enormous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enormous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enormous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enormous (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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