Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Producing hallucinatory effects.
- adjective Intensely affecting the mind or emotions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective informal mind-bending.
- adjective intensely affecting the mind or emotions; astonishing; -- usually referring to extraordinary experiences.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
hallucinogenic - adjective having an overwhelming affect on the
imagination ;mind-boggling
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations
- adjective intensely affecting the mind or emotions
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Examples
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In this mind-blowing and heart-opening experience, I witnessed a six-foot-tall luminous egg directly in front of me.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Not a mind-blowing Gewurzt, but at $16 a good value.
Finger Lakes Wine 2009
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That connection for the kids was mind-blowing, as well.
Carmen Zella: L.A. 'Street Art' in South Central at Manual Arts High Carmen Zella 2011
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Drink like you're still in college which wasn't too long ago for most, then see a mind-blowing speaker like Gary Vaynerchuk.
MeiMei Fox: The Life Out Loud: How the Summit at Sea Helped Me Rediscover Myself MeiMei Fox 2011
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That connection for the kids was mind-blowing, as well.
Carmen Zella: L.A. 'Street Art' in South Central at Manual Arts High Carmen Zella 2011
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He described the lack of response as "mind-blowing" and "worse than the apartheid government" because South Africans living under a racist regime had come to expect such poor treatment.
Dalai Lama Cancels Bid to Visit South Africa Peter Wonacott 2011
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Her approach to a woman's face and eyebrows is mind-blowing and purely genius.
Myrdith Leon Mccormack: Face Off Myrdith Leon Mccormack 2012
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After the first three mind-blowing seasons of Damages, nothing should come as a surprise.
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Her approach to a woman's face and eyebrows is mind-blowing and purely genius.
Myrdith Leon Mccormack: Face Off Myrdith Leon Mccormack 2012
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In short, you can't replace chocolate with strawberries in a recipe, press the "snowflake" button on the ice-cream machine and expect mind-blowing results brain-freezing, maybe.
In Search Of The Perfect Gelato Joe Ray 2011
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