mind-numbing

mind-numbing
ADJ-GRADED
If you describe an event or experience as mind-numbing, you mean that it is so bad, boring, or great in extent that you are unable to think about it clearly.

It was another day of mind-numbing tedium.

Derived words:
mind-numbingly ADV-GRADED ADV adj

...a mind-numbingly boring sport.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • mind-numbing — mind numb|ing adjective extremely boring: a mind numbing job …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mind-numbing — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ so extreme or intense as to prevent normal thought …   English terms dictionary

  • mind-numbing — /ˈmaɪnd nʌmɪŋ/ (say muynd numing) adjective extremely tedious: a mind numbing lecture. –mind numbingly, adverb …  

  • mind-numbing — adjective Excessively boring, tedious, or dull; repetitive; of an activity, etc., lacking any interest or variety that might serve as intellectual stimulation. After hours of mind numbing work …   Wiktionary

  • mind-numbing — UK / US adjective extremely boring a mind numbing job …   English dictionary

  • mind-numbing — adjective Date: 1898 relentlessly tedious ; dull • mind numbingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mind-numbing — adjective so extreme or intense as to prevent normal thought. Derivatives mind numbingly adverb …   English new terms dictionary

  • numbing — adjective 1) menthol has a numbing effect Syn: desensitizing, deadening, benumbing, anesthetic, anesthetizing; paralyzing 2) numbing cold Syn: freezing, raw, bitter, biting, arctic …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • mind-numbingly — adverb see mind numbing …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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