refreshing

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛʃɪŋ

Adjective

refreshing (comparative more refreshing, superlative most refreshing)

That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.
- 2003, John Wang, Data Mining: Opportunities and Challenges, page 74:
  The polarization system has a refreshing rate that is twice the refreshing rate of the corresponding shutter system.

Derived terms

Translations

refreshing

Catalan: refrescant
Chinese:
Cantonese: 清新 (cing¹ san¹)

Mandarin: 清新 (zh) (qīngxīn)
Esperanto: revigliga
Finnish: raikastava
French: rafraîchissant (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can

German: erfrischend (de)
Italian: rinfrescante (it)
Japanese: 爽快 (ja) (そうかい、sōkai)
Norman: rafraîchissant
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forfriskende, (drink) leskende
Spanish: refrescante (es)

Noun

refreshing (plural refreshings)

The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
- 1821, Frederick Butler, A Complete History of the United States of America
  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 […]
That which gives refreshment.

Verb

refreshing

present participle of refresh

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