mind-blowing

[mahynd-bloh-ing]

adjective

Slang.

1. overwhelming; astounding.

   Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.

2. producing a hallucinogenic effect.

   a mind-blowing drug.

mind-blowing

adjective

1. informal,  producing euphoria; psychedelic

Word History and Origins

Origin of mind-blowing¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The most recent edition of the Football Manager game was played by a mind-blowing 20 million people.

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"The way we use a pair of scissors is quite mind-blowing when you think about it," Mr Walker says.

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The accidental release of an asylum seeker from prison was a "mind-blowing" blunder, an MP said.

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“When I arrived, I could not believe what I was seeing. The number of new factories being built, and the rate at which they were being built, was mind-blowing,” he said.

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She attended college at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, but wasn’t ready for the “mind-blowing” experience.

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