enormities in English

noun

1

the great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.

a thorough search disclosed the full enormity of the crime

2

a grave crime or sin.

the enormities of the regime

synonyms: wickedness, evil, vileness, baseness, depravity, outrageousness, monstrousness, hideousness, heinousness, horror, atrocity, villainy, cruelty, inhumanity, mercilessness, brutality, savagery, viciousness, outrage, horror, evil, atrocity, barbarity, abomination, monstrosity, obscenity, iniquity, crime, sin, violation, wrong, offense, disgrace, injustice, abuse

noun

immensity, hugeness, size, extent, magnitude, greatness
wickedness, evil, vileness, baseness, depravity, outrageousness, monstrousness, hideousness, heinousness, horror, atrocity, villainy, cruelty, inhumanity, mercilessness, brutality, savagery, viciousness
outrage, horror, evil, atrocity, barbarity, abomination, monstrosity, obscenity, iniquity, crime, sin, violation, wrong, offense, disgrace, injustice, abuse
outrageousness

Use "enormities" in a sentence

1. At the other end of the spectrum, some describe Constantine as “bloodstained, stigmatized by countless enormities and full of deceit, . . . a hideous tyrant, guilty of horrid crimes.”