English edit

Etymology edit

From adrenaline +‎ -ed.

Adjective edit

adrenalined (comparative more adrenalined, superlative most adrenalined)

  1. Under adrenaline.
    • 1998, Andrea Benton Rushing, “Surviving Rape: A Morning/Mourning Ritual”, in Mary E. Odem, Jody Clay-Warner, editors, Confronting Rape and Sexual Assault (Worlds of Women; number 3), SR Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 6:
      Can’t because I don’t know what he’ll do, because I am adrenalined 360 degrees opposite of relaxed.
    • 2004, Marian Keyes, The Other Side of the Story, HarperTorch, published 2010, →ISBN:
      Iran across the concourse, hoping that I wouldn’t bump into anyone from work, and entered the bookshop on full alert, adrenalined to the max, feeling like an SAS man breaking into an enemy embassy.
    • 2006, Albert Azaduhie Haroutounian, chapter 39, in The Clock Doc: An Essence of Time Mended Properly!, iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN:
      The shining sun in the sky did not cool off the situation either. While its killer rays of heat penetrated their adrenalined bodies, the roof of the sky was caving down on them hard and fast.
    • 2006, E. I. Vernon, “The Address”, in The Ears of a Dog, Matador, →ISBN, pages 78–79:
      The Egyptian soldiers’ hearts leaned over a common precipice, their bodies they imagined gripping the ground with tight reptile legs, stabilising their shaky adrenalined bodies, their spirits hovering over corporeal cliffs of mortal fear.
    • 2009, Dave Thompson, London’s Burning: True Adventures on the Front Lines of Punk, 1976–1977, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 48:
      Their new group, the Damned, intended to follow in those footsteps: loud, chaotic, adrenalined, raucous, riotous.
    • 2014, Carol Piner, “Hurricane Hazel”, in Evidence of Insanity, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 30:
      Sounded like the roof was caving in on us. We ran downstairs, arms swinging, hollering and screaming and adrenalined to damn death.
    • 2015, Noelle Sterne, “Sneaking Up on the Dissertation”, in Challenges in Writing Your Dissertation: Coping with the Emotional, Interpersonal, and Spiritual Struggles, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, section 1 (The Decision: Your Dream, Your Life), subsection “What Will the Degree Do for You?”, page 6:
      Think back to the first time you dared think about getting a doctorate. Excited? Surprised at your audacity? Adrenalined? Scared? What did you dream about?