mind-blowern.
/ˈmʌɪn(d)ˌbləʊə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌbloʊər/ colloquial.
Something that astonishes, shocks, or overwhelms; something (esp. a drug) that alters one's consciousness, something that ‘blows one's mind’ (see blow v.1 24j).
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder
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miracle-worker1561
singularity1576
stupor mundi1587
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doozy1916
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heart-stopper1940
blockbuster1942
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mind-blower1968
stonker1987
1968 New Scientist 27 June 703/1 Two chemicals with almost identical structures can have very different psychedelic properties: one might be a real mind-blower and the other as ineffective as a sugar lump.
1969 Gandalf's Garden vi. 11/1 Mindblower, an experience or idea which changes one's thought-pattern, enlivening the mind and emotions.
1983 Listener 10 Feb. 19/3 At Chess, of course, everything was a mind-blower for me.
1994 City Life 24 Aug. 12/1 The symphony, ‘Pacific State’ was a mind-blower (still is) becoming the granddad signature tune for the dance music revolution that was to happen in the last years of the '80s.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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