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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFRESH'ING, ppr. or a. Cooling; invigorating; reviving; reanimating.
REFRESH'ING, n. Refreshment; relief after fatigue or suffering.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic]
2: pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort" [syn: novel, refreshing]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: circa 1580 serving to refresh; especially agreeably stimulating because of freshness or newness <a refreshing change of pace> • refreshingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 serving to refresh. 2 welcome or stimulating because sincere or untypical (refreshing innocence). Derivatives: refreshingly adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Refresh Re*fresh" (r?*fr?sh"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refreshed (-fr?sht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Refreshing.] [OE. refreshen, refreschen, OF. refreschir (cf. OF. rafraischir, rafreschir, F. rafra?chir); pref. re- re- + fres fresh. F. frais. See Fresh, a.] 1. To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind. --Chaucer. Foer they have refreshed my spirit and yours. --1 Cor. xvi. 18. And labor shall refresh itself with hope. --Shak. 2. To make as if new; to repair; to restore. The rest refresh the scaly snakes that fol? The shield of Pallas, and renew their gold. --Dryden. To refresh the memory, to quicken or strengthen it, as by a reference, review, memorandum, or suggestion. Syn: To cool; refrigerate; invigorate; revive; reanimate; renovate; renew; restore; recreate; enliven; cheer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Refreshing Re*fresh"ing, a. Reviving; reanimating. -- Re*fresh"ing*ly, adv. -- Re*fresh"ing*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You say that something is refreshing when it is pleasantly different from what you are used to. It's refreshing to hear somebody speaking common sense... ADJ • refreshingly He was refreshingly honest. ADV 2. A refreshing bath or drink makes you feel energetic or cool again after you have been tired or hot. Herbs have been used for centuries to make refreshing drinks. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Reviving, invigorating, cooling, reanimating, grateful, pleasant, comfortable.

Moby Thesaurus

analeptic, beneficial, benign, bracing, brisk, cheering, constitutional, cooling, cordial, corroborant, crisp, crispy, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, fortifying, fresh, good, good for, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful, healthy, hygeian, hygienic, inspiriting, invigorating, refreshful, regaling, rejuvenating, restorative, reviving, roborant, rousing, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, stimulating, strengthening, tonic, vitalizing, wholesome, zestful, zesty