Definitions for refreshing

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refreshing re·fresh·ing

Spelling: [ri-fresh-ing]

IPA: /rɪˈfrɛʃ ɪŋ/

Refreshing is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 374 anagrams from letters in refreshing (eefghinrrs).

Definitions for refreshing

adjective

1. having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.:
2. pleasingly fresh or different:

verb (used with object)

1. to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
2. to stimulate (the memory).
3. to make fresh again; reinvigorate or cheer (a person, the mind, spirits, etc.).
4. to freshen in appearance, color, etc., as by a restorative.
5. Computers. to access (the most recent version of a web page) from the Internet instead of from the cache: to display (an image) repeatedly, as on a CRT, in order to prevent fading. to read and write (the contents of dynamic storage) at intervals in order to avoid loss of data.

verb (used without object)

1. to take refreshment, especially food or drink.
2. to become fresh or vigorous again; revive.

Origin of refreshing

First recorded in 1570-80; refresh + -ing²

Examples for refreshing

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

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.

The butter, cool from the rock cellar, was of a refreshing yellow hue.

“For me, this point of view is so refreshing,” Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who plays Belle, told The Daily Beast.

It is sweet and refreshing to pursue our old subjects of discourse.

The Road-Runner ducked once or twice by way of refreshing his memory.

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

There was a refreshing novelty in this case, where one of themselves was the culprit.

How refreshing it was to see England players swivel and dribble and sell dummies.

"You do not know how refreshing it is, child," as she handed back the empty glass.