mind-boggling
adjective
mind-bog·gling
ˈmīn(d)-ˌbä-g(ə-)liŋ 
: mentally or emotionally exciting or overwhelming
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 the new hires taking over the many faces of Matt Mercer in the adaptation, the array of talent on display is mind-boggling, encompassing Broadway stars, country music legends, and not one, but three Disney princesses.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The articles in this issue describe engineers who think about, interact with, and create things at very precise and often mind-boggling scales.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
In this era of instant gratification and constant consumption, each passing year without Cardi’s sophomore album felt more mind-boggling than the last.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
Why OpenAI wants massive computing power The kind of numbers OpenAI and friends throw around—10 gigawatts here, $500 billion there—are somewhat staggering and mind-boggling in scope for the layperson who might not be familiar with the massive scale of Internet infrastructure.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The articles in this issue describe engineers who think about, interact with, and create things at very precise and often mind-boggling scales.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Oct. 2025
In this era of instant gratification and constant consumption, each passing year without Cardi’s sophomore album felt more mind-boggling than the last.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
Why OpenAI wants massive computing power The kind of numbers OpenAI and friends throw around—10 gigawatts here, $500 billion there—are somewhat staggering and mind-boggling in scope for the layperson who might not be familiar with the massive scale of Internet infrastructure.
—ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Mind-boggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-boggling. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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