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adrenalise en · VERB

Etymology

From adrenalin + -ise.

Meanings

  1. (UK, intransitive, transitive) To render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
    • I was so adrenalised I couldn't sleep. 2009 October 4, David Mitchell, “I don't go to restaurants to tell the truth”, in Guardian:
    • It was the only thing open. By the time I got there I realised I was so adrenalised by Adrian's call that I wouldn't be able to sleep. 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 258:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
adrenalize alternative lexicographic
adrenalising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
adrenalised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
adrenalised Tense=Past lexicographic
adrenalises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

adrenalisation

Translations (1)

pt adrenalizar (to render frightening or thrilling)