🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

sbalorditivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sbalorditivo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mind-blowing/ˈmaɪndˌbluː.ɪŋ/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La scoperta scientifica ha avuto un impatto sbalorditivo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Overwhelmingly impressive, surprising, or shocking.

    "The special effects in the new sci-fi movie were absolutely mind-blowing."
  2. 2

    Extremely vast or complex to the point of altering one's perception.

    "Trying to comprehend the sheer scale of the observable universe is a mind-blowing experience."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb phrase 'blow someone's mind', which emerged in American English counterculture slang during the 1960s to describe psychedelic or overwhelmingly intense cognitive and emotional experiences. The participial adjective form consolidated in the late 20th century to qualify anything exceptionally astonishing, profound, or awe-inspiring.

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