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One who is seemingly addicted to the sensation of exhilaration associated with risky behaviors or exciting situations, and who actively seeks such opportunities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Examples
- Many football, basketball, and hockey players, boxers, wrestlers, cage fighters, hunters, bikers, NASCAR drivers, matadors, and rodeo cowboys are adrenaline junkies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
愛冒險的人 /爱冒险的人
(ài màoxiǎn de rén)
— one who is addicted with the sensation of risky, exciting situations
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Finnish:
adrenaliiniaddikti
— one who is addicted with the sensation of risky, exciting situations
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French:
accro à l'adrénaline
— one who is addicted with the sensation of risky, exciting situations
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Hungarian:
adrenalinfüggő
— one who is addicted with the sensation of risky, exciting situations
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Polish:
adrenalinowiec
— one who is addicted with the sensation of risky, exciting situations
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Portuguese:
viciado em adrenalina
— one who is addicted with the sensation of risky, exciting situations
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Russian:
адренали́новый наркома́н
(adrenalínovyj narkomán)
— one who is addicted with the sensation of risky, exciting situations
