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mind-bending

[ mahynd-ben-ding ]

/ ˈmaɪndˌbɛn dɪŋ /

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adjective Slang.

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Origin of mind-bending

First recorded in 1960–65

OTHER WORDS FROM mind-bending

mind-bend·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby mind-bending

mind, mind-altering, Mindanao, Mindanao Deep, mind bender, mind-bending, mindblower, mind-blowing, mind-body, mind-body problem, mind-boggling

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How to use mind-bending in a sentence

And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.
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The questions going through my mind are: How on earth are there Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers in the heart of Paris?
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True, this may not be what James Madison had in mind when he was writing the Bill of Rights.
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And keep in mind that when Huckabee ran for president in 2008, he won the Iowa caucuses.
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Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.
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Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
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He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
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"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
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The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
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Many British Ferns evidence a marked tendency to “sport,” and this is a fact which the beginner should always bear in mind.
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British Dictionary definitions for mind-bending

mind-bending

adjective informal

very difficult to understand; complex

altering one's state of consciousnessmind-bending drugs

reaching the limit of credibilitythey offered a mind-bending salary

noun

the process of brainwashing

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for mind-bending

mind-bending

adj.

Intensely affecting the mind, especially to the extent of producing hallucinations.

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