mind-bending

adjective

mind-bend·​ing ˈmīn(d)-ˌben-diŋ 

: mind-blowing

mind-bendingly adverb

Synonyms of mind-bending

• breathtaking
• exciting
• interesting
• intriguing
• thrilling

Examples of mind-bending in a Sentence

a spy novel with a truly mind-bending plot

Recent Examples on the Web

From mind-bending discoveries to playful explainers, these are some of our favorite—and most popular—science videos of 2025. —Carin Leong, Scientific American, 24 Dec. 2025

Yet nowhere is this mind-bending shift as stunning as in the continuing White House slander against the democratic government of Germany, long one of America’s closest allies. —Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025

Kuang consults everything from Dante’s Inferno to mind-bending logic concepts like the impossible Penrose stairs to create the landscape and mechanics of her underworld. —Lucy Feldman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025

Due to these mind-bending sizes and the resulting complexity of simulating black hole accretion, previous models have used shortcuts to simplify the problem of radiation flows. —Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mind-bending

• amending
• appending
• ascending
• attending
• befriending
• commending
• contending
• defending
• depending
• descending
• distending
• expending