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adrenaline junkie

American  
[uh-dren-uhl-in juhngk-ee] / əˈdrɛn əl ɪn ˈdʒʌŋk i /

noun

adrenaline junkies plural
  1. a person who particularly enjoys thrilling and dangerous experiences.


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The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

But he cringes when anyone suggests he’s an adrenaline junkie.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2024

In the series, you appear to be an adrenaline junkie.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2024

Stephanie Ford said her dry-witted adrenaline junkie husband, Wesley Ford, had nightmares of waking up in a coffin and hated the idea of being buried and his body decaying.

From Seattle Times Oct. 19, 2023

“If you throw yourself into danger for no reason again, you will have become nothing more than a Dauntless adrenaline junkie looking for a hit, and I’m not going to help you do it.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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