mind-bending
Americanadjective
adjective
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very difficult to understand; complex
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altering one's state of consciousness
mind-bending drugs
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reaching the limit of credibility
they offered a mind-bending salary
noun
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- mind-bendingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of mind-bending
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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I picture Grandma weaving the threads together, humming and chuckling while she brainstorms the next mind-bending story she’s going to tell me about Ghana.
From Literature
The other guest vocalist on the track is Björk, whose mind-bending mix of experimental music and pop is one of Rosalía’s foremost inspirations.
There was also a third, even more mind-bending, way to think of this new instrument: as a near-perfect replica of a subprime mortgage bond.
From Literature
In the ongoing “Severance,” she plays a manager at the center of a mind-bending corporate conspiracy.
To understand these mind-bending systems and their countless configurations, physicists usually turn to powerful supercomputers or artificial intelligence for help.
From Science Daily
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