mind-boggling

adjective

mind-bog·​gling ˈmīn(d)-ˌbä-g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce mind-boggling (audio)
: mentally or emotionally exciting or overwhelming
mind-bogglingly adverb

Examples of mind-boggling in a Sentence

a big-box store with a mind-boggling array of home-improvement supplies for the do-it-yourselfer
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That even three of the boys are playing on Memorial Day weekend is mind-boggling. Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025 Murder links past and present in a mind-boggling metafictional mystery. The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025 Industrialists and financiers with sudden mind-boggling wealth were seduced by deeply wooded hills and large tracts of open land in a sweet New Jersey enclave. Mary Forgione, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 This show is about the mind-boggling contours and contradictions of modern Mormonism. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mind-boggling

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mind-boggling was in 1955

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“Mind-boggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-boggling. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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