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refreshing

 
Adjective refreshing has 2 senses
  1. bracing, brisk, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic - imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
    Antonym: debilitating (indirect, via invigorating)
  2. novel, refreshing - pleasantly novel or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
    Antonym: old (indirect, via new)
Verb refresh has 4 senses
  1. review, brush up, refresh - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"
    --1 is one way to remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think
    Derived form: noun refresher3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. refresh, freshen - make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us"
    --2 is one way to regenerate, renew
    Derived forms: noun refreshment2, noun refresher2
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to refresh Sue
  3. freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up - become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"
    --3 is one way to change
    Derived form: noun refreshment2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  4. refresh, freshen, refreshen - make fresh again
    --4 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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