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
Other Word Forms
- mind-bendingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of mind-bending
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Metallica has set its debut “Life Burns Faster” residency at the mind-bending audio-visual monolith for Oct.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Last summer, the development team lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife test track in a mind-bending 6:49.275, thumping not a few half-million-dollar exotics in the process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
To understand these mind-bending systems and their countless configurations, physicists usually turn to powerful supercomputers or artificial intelligence for help.
From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025
With surreal films like Blue Velvet and his mind-bending TV series Twin Peaks, David Lynch often left audiences scratching their heads.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025
I turn the volume up as my beloved Freddie breaks out his mind-bending falsetto.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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