The meaning of REFRESHING is serving to refresh; especially : agreeably stimulating because of freshness or newness. How to use refreshing in a sentence.
Something is refreshing if it reinvigorates you, or seems new and exciting. The offer of a refreshing glass of iced tea would be especially refreshing if it came from your normally cranky sister. Mint toothpaste is refreshing — clean and brisk — and a cool ocean breeze is refreshing on a hot day.
REFRESHING definition: 1. making you feel less hot or tired: 2. pleasantly different and interesting: 3. making you feel…. Learn more.
Definition of refreshing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
You say that something is refreshing when it is pleasantly different from what you are used to. It's refreshing to hear somebody speaking common sense. It made a refreshing change to see a good old-fashioned movie.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026 re fresh ing (ri fresh′ ing), adj. having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap. pleasingly fresh or different: a refreshing lack of pretense.
Adjective refreshing (comparative more refreshing, superlative most refreshing) That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
Synonyms for REFRESHING: restorative, reviving, stimulating, vitalizing, rejuvenating, bracing, vital, invigorating; Antonyms of REFRESHING: draining, weakening, exhausting, debilitating, deadening, numbing, injurious, pernicious
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