boggling — boggle, boggling verb. Boggle, originally used of frightened horses, is used with and without an object: the mind can boggle at something and something can boggle the mind (or the imagination etc.). The expression mind boggling, first recorded in … Modern English usage
boggling — bog·gle || bÉ’gl v. prevent; hesitate; be shocked, be awed; shock … English contemporary dictionary
boggling — … Useful english dictionary
mind-boggling — adjective intellectually or emotionally overwhelming a mind boggling display a mind boggling puzzle • Similar to: ↑impressive * * * ˈmind boggling [mind boggling] adjective … Useful english dictionary
mind-boggling — adj. intellectually or emotionally overwhelming; straining one s capacity to comprehend or cope; as, a mind boggling display; a mind boggling puzzle. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mind-boggling — also mind boggling ADJ GRADED If you say that something is mind boggling, you mean that it is so large, complicated, or extreme that it is very hard to imagine. [INFORMAL] The amount of paperwork involved is mind boggling. Syn: incredible … English dictionary
mind-boggling — mind .boggling adj informal difficult to imagine and very big, strange, or complicated ▪ a problem of mind boggling complexity … Dictionary of contemporary English
mind-boggling — mind bogglingly, adv. /muynd bog ling/, adj. Slang. 1. intellectually overwhelming: a mind boggling puzzle. 2. emotionally or psychologically overwhelming; mind blowing. [1960 65] * * * … Universalium
mind-boggling — mind bogg|ling [ maınd ,baglıŋ ] adjective INFORMAL very large, unusual, or complicated and not easy to imagine: athletes who earn a mind boggling amount of money … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mind-boggling — (adj.) 1964; see MIND (Cf. mind) (n.) + prp. of BOGGLE (Cf. boggle) … Etymology dictionary
