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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The continuous stream of hyperreal, short-form videos made by artificial intelligence is mind-bending and mesmerizing at first.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025
In the ongoing “Severance,” she plays a manager at the center of a mind-bending corporate conspiracy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 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
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.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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