Antonyms for immensity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-men-si-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɛn sɪ ti


Definition of immensity

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Middle French immensité (14c.) or directly from Latin immensitatem (nominative immensitas) "immeasurableness," noun of quality from immensus (see immense).
  • noun infinity
Example sentences :
  • The cold darkness of the night in its immensity seemed to enwrap me in sadness.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • They could not, above all, endure this immensity of perjury and sacrilege.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The sight produced in him a melancholy impression of immensity and futility.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • And what an invading flight, what a sudden outlook upon the world's immensity!
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • The jewellers gasp in the immensity of the hope her words arouse.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I needed all of it—I welcomed its immensity as once I was oppressed by it.
  • Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
  • Its beauty, grandeur, and immensity are feebly told in words.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan
  • How well he saw the greatness of his work and the immensity of that injustice which was his reward.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • The croaking made Maget's brain scream with the immensity of the sound.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • It took her nearly an hour, I believe, to explain the immensity of my presumption.
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

Synonyms for immensity

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