adrenaline
/əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/
adrenaline noun: epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
Noun
adrenaline (usually uncountable, plural adrenalines)
- Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
- Excitement; thrills.
- Some people bungee jump to feel alive through the surge of adrenaline.
- May be it's not as heavy as he thought, or may be he's on adrenaline overdrive.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 361
adrenaline meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
adrenaline in Hindi
- the compound epinephrine
- एड्रेनालाईन eḍrenālāīn
adrenaline in Tamil
- அடிரீனலின், அண்ணீர், அதிரனலின், அடிரெனலின், அண்ணீரகி
adrenaline in Marathi
- एड्रेनॅलीन, एड्रेनालाईन, एड्रेनॅलिन
adrenaline in Urdu
- ایک ہیجان آمیز ہارمون
More languagesFewer languages
- adrenaline in Bengali
- অ্যাড্রিনালিন, অ্যাড্রিনালাইন, অ্যাড্রেনালিন
- adrenaline in Telugu
- అడ్రినాలిన్, అడ్రినలిన్, ఆడ్రినాలిన్
- adrenaline in Malayalam
- അഡ്രിനാലിൻ, അഡ്രീനാലിൻ, അഡ്രിനലിൻ
- adrenaline in Kannada
- ಅಡ್ರಿನಾಲಿನ್, ಆಡ್ರಿನಾಲಿನ್, ಅಡ್ರಿನಲಿನ್
- adrenaline in Punjabi
- ਐਡਰੇਨਾਲਾਈਨ, ਐਡਰੀਨੈਲੀਨ, ਐਡਰੇਨਾਲੀਨ
- adrenaline in Gujarati
- એડ્રેનાલિન, એડ્રેનાલાઈન, એડ્રેનાલીન
- adrenaline in Odia
- ଆଡ୍ରେନାଲିନ୍, ଆଡ୍ରେନାଲିନ, ଆଡ୍ରିନାଲିନ୍
- adrenaline in Nepali
- एड्रेनालिन, एड्रेनालाईन, एड्रेनालाइन
- adrenaline in Tagalog
- adrenalina
- adrenaline in Arabic
- أَدْرِينَالِين ʔadrīnālīn
- adrenaline in Malay
- adrenalina
- adrenaline in Indonesian
- adrenalin
- adrenaline in Thai
- ฮอร์โมนเนื้อในต่อมหมวกไต
- adrenaline in Vietnamese
- adrenalin
Examples of adrenaline in a sentence
- With a surge of adrenaline, she wrenched the car door off and pulled out the injured man.
- He's an adrenaline junkie: he thirsts for excitement the way an alcoholic thirsts for beer.
- Many football, basketball, and hockey players, boxers, wrestlers, cage fighters, hunters, bikers, NASCAR drivers, matadors, and rodeo cowboys are adrenaline junkies.
Forms of adrenaline
| plural | adrenalines |
|---|---|
| alternative form | adrenalin |
Origin of adrenaline
From adrenal + -ine, coined by Japanese chemist Takamine Jōkichi in 1901.
Words formed from adrenaline
Phrases with adrenaline
Questions about adrenaline
- What does adrenaline mean?
- Adrenaline means epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
- What is adrenaline in Hindi?
- Adrenaline in Hindi is एड्रेनालाईन (eḍrenālāīn). See Adrenaline meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is adrenaline?
- Adrenaline is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adrenaline?
- Adrenaline is pronounced /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/.
- What is the plural of adrenaline?
- The plural of adrenaline is adrenalines.
Words near adrenaline in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adrenaline (page history and authors); adrenaline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adrenaline (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adrenaline (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adrenaline (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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