Mind-boggling

//ˈmaɪndˌbɒɡ(ə)lɪŋ// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out.

    "Faced with a mind-boggling selection of special-purpose shampoos, he gave up and simply purchased something inexpensive with a pleasant fragrance."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intellectually or emotionally overwhelming wordnet

Synonyms

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amazingastonishingastoundingbewilderingbogglesomebreathtaking

Example

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"The sum of the ignorance of the Republican candidates in the primaries for the U.S. presidential election is simply mind-boggling: one is afraid that China will obtain nuclear weapons, which they have had for 44 years, and the other proposes to close the U.S. embassy in Iran, which has been closed for 32 years... Such stupidity at the head of the world's most powerful country gives one the shivers!"

Etymology

From mind + boggling.

Related phrases

mind bogglermind-boggler

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