mind-boggling

adjective

mind-bog·​gling ˈmīn(d)-ˌbä-g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce mind-boggling (audio)
Synonyms of mind-bogglingnext
: mentally or emotionally exciting or overwhelming
mind-bogglingly adverb

Examples of mind-boggling in a Sentence

a big-box store with a mind-boggling array of home-improvement supplies for the do-it-yourselfer
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For me, the Florida hunt was worth it just for the joy of riding in Leitner’s airboat and taking in the mind-boggling abundance of birdlife in strikingly beautiful wetlands. Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025 The entire project was mind-boggling for Hostin. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025 While bitcoin is experiencing its own correction, MSTR has amplified those losses, dropping a mind-boggling 67% since its July highs. Nishant Pant, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025 These models are unknowable—black boxes with anthropomorphic traits, but that are ultimately a series of complex calculations and statistical inferences based on mind-boggling sums of training data; much of that information was taken without express permission from its creators. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mind-boggling

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mind-boggling was in 1955

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“Mind-boggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-boggling. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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