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refreshing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.

Meanings

  1. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
    • Every forecast or guess has one refreshing quality: one will be right and the rest will be wrong. 2022 June 20, Charles Hugh Smith, The Difference Between a Forecast and a Guess:
    • The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217:
  2. Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.
    • The polarization system has a refreshing rate that is twice the refreshing rate of the corresponding shutter system. 2003, John Wang, Data Mining: Opportunities and Challenges, page 74:

Forms

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more refreshing Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most refreshing Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unrefreshing · nonrefreshing · refreshingness · refreshingly

Translations (27)

ja 爽快 (refreshing) · de erfrischend (refreshing) · nb leskende (refreshing) · bg опреснителен (of an electronic screen or application) · ca refrescant (refreshing) · izh siiva (refreshing) · nb forfriskende (refreshing) · pl orzeźwiający (refreshing) · uk що освіжає (refreshing) · pl odświeżający (refreshing) · yue 清新 (refreshing) · fi virkistävä (refreshing) · fi raikastava (refreshing) · uk освіжаючий (refreshing) · tr ferahlatıcı (refreshing) · mk освежително (refreshing) · bg освежаващ (refreshing) · cmn 清新 (refreshing) · fr rafraîchissant (refreshing) · nrf rafraîchissant (refreshing) · nl verfrissend (refreshing) · it rinfrescante (refreshing) · bg освежителен (refreshing) · eo revigliga (refreshing) · ar مُنْعِش (refreshing) · es refrescante (refreshing) · bg ободрителен (refreshing)

refreshing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.

Meanings

  1. The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
    • Notwithstanding these powerful refreshings of divine grace, the ways of Zion continued to mourn generally, throughout the New-England churches; iniquity abounded, and the hearts of many waxed cold […] 1821, Frederick Butler, A Complete History of the United States of America:
  2. That which gives refreshment.

Forms

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refreshings Number=Plur lexicographic

refreshing en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of refresh
    form of refresh