Standard Lemma guide

refreshing

adj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛʃɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 F R EH1 SH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

That which gives refreshment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of refresh

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

imparting vitality and energy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the bracing mountain air

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, tonic

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

pleasantly new or different

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • common sense of a most refreshing sort

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: novel

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنْعِش (munʕiš) — refreshing
  • Bulgarian: освежителен (osvežitelen) — refreshing
  • Bulgarian: ободрителен (obodritelen) — refreshing
  • Bulgarian: освежаващ (osvežavašt) — refreshing
  • Catalan: refrescant — refreshing
  • Chinese Cantonese: 清新 (cing1 san1) — refreshing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 清新 (qīngxīn) — refreshing
  • Dutch: verfrissend — refreshing
  • Esperanto: revigliga — refreshing
  • Finnish: raikastava — refreshing
  • Finnish: virkistävä — refreshing
  • French: rafraîchissant — refreshing
  • German: erfrischend — refreshing
  • Ingrian: siiva — refreshing
  • Italian: rinfrescante — refreshing
  • Japanese: 爽快 — refreshing
  • Macedonian: освежително (osvežitelno) — refreshing
  • Norman: rafraîchissant — refreshing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forfriskende — refreshing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leskende — refreshing
  • Polish: odświeżający — refreshing
  • Polish: orzeźwiający — refreshing
  • Spanish: refrescante — refreshing
  • Turkish: ferahlatıcı — refreshing
  • Ukrainian: освіжаючий (osvižajučyj) — refreshing
  • Ukrainian: що освіжає (ščo osvižaje) — refreshing
  • Bulgarian: опреснителен (opresnitelen) — of an electronic screen or application
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