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mind-boggling

[ mahynd-bog-ling ]

/ ˈmaɪndˌbɒg lɪŋ /

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adjective Slang.

intellectually overwhelming: a mind-boggling puzzle.

emotionally or psychologically overwhelming; mind-blowing.

Origin of mind-boggling

First recorded in 1960–65

OTHER WORDS FROM mind-boggling

mind-bog·gling·ly, adverb

Words nearby mind-boggling

mind-altering, mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-body, mind-body problem, mind-boggling, mind-expanding, mind-numbing, mind-pop, mind-reader, mind-set

Example sentences from the Web for mind-boggling

Science allows for the unlikely, the extremely rare, the mind-boggling—but it does not allow for the impossible.

It’s Impossible to Cure a Baby With HIV, No Matter How Seductive the Hope May Be |Kent Sepkowitz |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The forests, with their mind-boggling biodiversity, are a staggering 10,000 times older than those of North America and Europe.

Exploring the Amazon, While We Still Can |Darrell Hartman |May 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The notion of “good bacteria” is now familiar, as is the mind-boggling variety of different bacteria we have in and on us.

Buy That Breast Milk! |Kent Sepkowitz |October 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Seaman's mind-boggling dereliction of responsibility harms the state whose interests he was, and is, tasked with protecting.

Bullying Israeli Government Flack Sparks Diplomatic Row—Among Other Concerns |Noga Tarnopolsky |August 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Could a mind-boggling vendetta be behind the ricin letters sent to Obama and Wicker?

Paul Kevin Curtis and J. Everett Dutschke: Epic Feud and Ricin Letters |Winston Ross |April 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for mind-boggling

mind-boggling

adjective

informal astonishing; bewildering