enormity

Preposition: of

• tragedy: The enormity of the tragedy did not come all at once.
• task: I became daunted at the enormity of the task I had set myself.
• sin: This speaks of the enormity of the sin of man, that he drowned the lot, a whole generation.
• challenge: First step is to grasp the enormity of the challenge.
• situation: During November we asked for prayer support due to the enormity of the volatile situation we were moving into.
• crime: Vatican bank Swiss bankers have been forced to open their books to expose the enormity of the crime.

Adjective modifier

• sheer: Doctors ' resistance was broken down by the sheer enormity of the calamity.
• full: I came to you that morning in order to understand the full enormity of my offense.
• such: That's what I think Sher was doing: the only way to face such enormity is to drop the pretense and just be.
• other: Cyril of Jerusalem renews the wicked accusation of child-murder, and adds other enormities unspeakable in the presence of women.
• true: Above, a sloping ledge is gained and looking up the true enormity of Titan is revealed.
• constitutional: If phrased as a constitutional enormity denying the rights of freeborn English then the answer is also implied in the question.

Converse of object

• comprehend: I could not try to comprehend the enormity of what I had witnessed.
• realize: I don't think people have realized the enormity of it.
• realize: Abruptly Graham realized the enormity of his blunder in coming to the Council House.
• grasp: First step is to grasp the enormity of the challenge.
• appreciate: Please do not regard this request as an obligation, I fully appreciate the enormity of a task such as this.
• understand: To see Jesus for who He is, is to better understand the enormity of the crime of the Cross.

Converse of subject

• overwhelm: Help us not to lose hope when overwhelmed by the enormity of poverty, hunger and oppression in your world.
• strike: I suspect that you like me are struck by the enormity of the sacrifice.