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View synonyms for refreshing

refreshing

[ ri-fresh-ing ]

adjective

  1. having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.:

    a refreshing nap.

  2. pleasingly fresh or different:

    a refreshing lack of pretense.



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Other Words From

  • re·freshing·ly adverb
  • re·freshing·ness noun
  • unre·freshing adjective
  • unre·freshing·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of refreshing1

First recorded in 1570–80; refresh + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

His section on why he and his wife split—he essentially chose soccer over her—would be risky if its candor were not so refreshing.

But what he doesn't do much of—and this is refreshing—is delve into the humungous What Does It All Mean?

Her candor and efficiency are refreshing, especially on the once-grungy, now-trendy Orchard Street.

Every day I check Facebook and Twitter and keep refreshing the pages to hear the news about ISIS.

His absolute snobbery is bizarrely refreshing, while the Just Like You's around him try to seem as “normal” as possible.

He would have welcomed instantaneous sleep—ten hours of refreshing, dreamless sleep.

The habit of refreshing oneself with a pipe on some elevated spot which commands a fine view, is common to both sexes.

They are very refreshing, when it would be too early to have the more substantial supper announced.

At all events, it had the refreshing charm of novelty: there was the fishing, and the King's Warren trout stream was a good one.

But what delighted him most was the river Psiol with its refreshing crystal waters.

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