mind-blowingadj.
/ˈmʌɪn(d)ˌbləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌbloʊɪŋ/ colloquial.
Astonishing, overwhelming; consciousness-altering (esp. as a result of drug use), that ‘blows one's mind’ (see blow v.1 24j).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective]
wonderlyc893
wonderfula1100
wondera1175
wondersa1300
marvellousc1330
marvela1400
marvelly?a1400
mirablec1429
admirablec1450
marvellablec1450
mirific1490
wondrous1509
extonious1548
portentious1549
miraculous1569
geason1572
mirificalc1572
astounding1590
amazing1593
wonderedc1595
admiring1598
prodigious1600
astonishable1603
fabulous1609
wondered-at?1611
necromantic1627
stupendous1640
nigromantic1645
mirandous1652
surprising1665
mirabundous1694
astonishinga1704
wondersome1774
sublime1813
nasty1834
kill-me-quite1842
breathtaking1843
breath-catching1865
miracle-working1867
mouth opening1867
stupefying1870
gee whiz1889
scorching1890
doozy1903
sensational1909
eye-popping1918
wunnerful1924
crashing1931
staggering1934
eyewatering1950
mind-boggling1955
Ozymandian1961
knock-out1966
mind-blowing1966
motherfucking1973
boggling1975
gobsmacking1981
tubular1982
1966 T. Leary Politics of Ecstasy ix. 141 How few parents realized when they quieted their noisy kids by banishing them to the TV room that they were turning on the little ones to a mind-blowing electronic experience.
1968 Times 4 May 21 The poet celebrates the mindblowing effects of LSD and laments at the same time his lost childhood.
1974 H. McCloy Sleepwalker ii. 16 A mind-blowing mustard yellow for the woodwork and on the walls a psychedelic splash of magenta and orchid and lime.
1989 Fantastic Four Mid Nov. 5 (advt.) Mind-blowing arcade quality graphics put you behind enemy lines where you must destroy the terrorists and save helpless prisoners.
2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Jan. 6/2 Films about the future grew trippy and navel-gazing, eschewing action and coherent plot for mind-blowing images and wild ideas.
Derivatives
ˈmind-ˌblowingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb]
wonderlyc897
sellya1000
wonderc1175
wonderfullya1300
marvellouslya1382
marvellousa1400
marvelly?a1400
wonderful14..
wonderslyc1489
to marvelc1500
wondersc1528
wondrously1535
prodigiously1541
wondrous1557
admirably1570
admiredly1598
to a miracle?1614
marls1615
amazingly1650
miridically1652
mirificously1657
surprisingly1661
to wonder1661
astonishingly1668
prodigious1694
strikingly1752
amazing1760
à merveille1762
astoundingly1826
mirifically1873
breathtakingly1887
eye-poppingly1959
mind-bogglingly1973
staggeringly1976
mind-blowingly1977
1977 Economist 31 Dec. 78/3 Unless the triggers become mindblowingly complex.
1985 Fortune 4 Feb. 51/1 Somewhat mind-blowingly, much of this work is performed by keyboarders who don't understand English.
1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 30 We swapped a view of prefabs and helicopters taking off every twenty minutes, which was mind-blowingly noisy, for a view of uninterrupted, unspoiled coast.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1966