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adrenalise

adrenalise verb: to render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.

Verb

adrenalise (third-person singular simple present adrenalises, present participle adrenalising, simple past and past participle adrenalised)

  1. (UK, intransitive, transitive) To render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
    • 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
    • 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

Forms of adrenalise

third-person singular presentadrenalises
present participleadrenalising
past participleadrenalised
pastadrenalised
alternative formadrenalize

Origin of adrenalise

From adrenalin + -ise.

Words formed from adrenalise

Questions about adrenalise

What does adrenalise mean?
Adrenalise means to render frightening or thrilling, such as to stimulate the production of adrenalin.
What part of speech is adrenalise?
Adrenalise is a verb.
What is the past tense of adrenalise?
The past tense of adrenalise is adrenalised.

Words near adrenalise in the dictionary

  1. adrenalines
  2. adrenalinic
  3. adrenalinogenic
  4. adrenalins
  5. adrenalisation
  6. adrenalise
  7. adrenalised
  8. adrenalises
  9. adrenalising
  10. adrenalism
  11. adrenalitis

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