mind-altering
[ mahynd-awl-ter-ing ]
/ ˈmaɪndˌɔl tər ɪŋ /
adjective
causing marked changes in patterns of mood and behavior, as a hallucinogenic drug.
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Words nearby mind-altering
mind reader, mind reading, mind the store, mind your p's and q's, mind's eye, mind-altering, mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-body, mind-body problem, mind-boggling
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Example sentences from the Web for mind-altering
The pair bonded over their interest in mind-altering substances and married two years later.
The Week in Death: Alexander Shulgrin, Who Synthesized the Drug Ecstasy|The Telegraph|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEASTThere are his mind-altering insomnia and his addiction to his “me-machine,” his cellphone.
Joshua Ferris’s New Novel Chronicles an Existential Dentist in Despair|Tom LeClair|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEASTAnalysts say that the stigma of the CIA's experiments with mind-altering drugs during the Cold War has long tainted the field.
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Medical definitions for mind-altering
mind-altering
adj.
Producing mood changes or distorted perceptions; hallucinogenic.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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