mind-bending

[mahynd-ben-ding]

adjective

Slang.

1. mind-blowing.

mind-bending

adjective

1. very difficult to understand; complex

2. altering one's state of consciousness

   mind-bending drugs

3. reaching the limit of credibility

   they offered a mind-bending salary

noun

1. the process of brainwashing

Other Word Forms

• mind-bendingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of mind-bending¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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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.

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In the ongoing “Severance,” she plays a manager at the center of a mind-bending corporate conspiracy.

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To understand these mind-bending systems and their countless configurations, physicists usually turn to powerful supercomputers or artificial intelligence for help.

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