mind-boggling
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lɪŋ adjective Slang.
1.
intellectually overwhelming: a mind-boggling puzzle.
2.
emotionally or psychologically overwhelming; mind-blowing.
Origin:
1960–65
1960–65
Related forms
mind-bog·gling·ly, adverb
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| mind-boggling | |
| —adj | |
| informal astonishing; bewildering | |
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Mind-boggling
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Example sentences
The length of time required for these types of negotiations always seems mind-boggling.
The plays he wrote are mind-boggling when you hear about them-they sound so modern.
It's mind-boggling the way that news is suddenly old.
What spilled out of the laundry-basket-size bag was mind-boggling.
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