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mind-bending

[mahynd-ben-ding] / ˈmaɪndˌbɛn dɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
moving
Synonyms
STRONGEST
eloquent emotional expressive gripping heartbreaking heartrending inspirational inspiring meaningful persuasive poignant stirring stunning touching
STRONG
arousing awakening impelling motivating propelling provoking quickening rallying rousing stimulating
WEAK
affective breathless dynamic emotive facund far-out felt in gut grabbed by hairy impressive mind-blowing significant stimulative turned on by
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dull unaffecting
WEAK
immobile unemotional unexciting unmoving
ADJECTIVE
perplexing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
baffling complicated confusing convoluted disconcerting knotty mysterious mystifying puzzling thorny worrying
STRONG
involved taxing
WEAK
beyond one impenetrable intricate paradoxical
Antonyms
STRONGEST
clear easy simple straightforward untroublesome
ADJECTIVE
psychedelic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hallucinatory kaleidoscopic multicolored
WEAK
consciousness-expanding crazy experimental freaky hallucinogenic mind-blowing mind-changing mind-expanding psychoactive psychotomimetic psychotropic trip
Antonyms
STRONGEST
monochrome
WEAK
normal
ADJECTIVE
thrilling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
breathtaking electrifying enchanting frantic gripping hair-raising miraculous riveting rousing sensational stirring
STRONG
boss overwhelming shivering stimulating swinging trembling
WEAK
blood-tingling exquisite fab fabulous large mad magnificent mind-blowing rip-roaring wild wondrous zero cool
Antonyms
STRONGEST
usual
WEAK
depressing discouraging upsetting

Example Sentences

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The last 25 years has seen some mind-bending technological changes.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 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

Early on, the author lays out mind-bending stats: more than 618 million acres in the United States are federally owned public land and 245 million of those belong to the Bureau of Land Management.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 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