enormous 音标拼音: [ɪn'ɔrməs] [ɪn'ɔrmɪs] [in'ɔrməs] [in'ɔrmɪs]
a . 巨大的,庞大的
巨大的,庞大的
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 " [
synonym : {
enormous },
{
tremendous }]
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 ).
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1913 Webster ]
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "
enormous ":
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
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