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refreshing

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re·fresh·ing  (r-frshng)
adj.
1. Serving to refresh.
2. Pleasantly fresh and different: "common sense of a most refreshing sort" (William Raspberry).

re·freshing·ly adv.

refreshing
Adjective
1. having a reviving effect
2. pleasantly different or new: refreshing candour
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.refreshingrefreshing - imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
invigorating - imparting strength and vitality; "the invigorating mountain air"
2.refreshing - pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort"
new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"

refreshing
adjective 1. new, different, original, novel
adjective 2. stimulating, fresh, cooling, bracing, invigorating, revivifying, thirst-quenching, inspiriting << OPPOSITE tiring
Translations
refreshing [rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ] adj [drink] → refrescante; [sleep] → reparador; [change etc] → estimulante; [idea, point of view] → estimulante, interesante
refreshing [rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ] refresh adj [drink] → rafraîchissant(e); [sleep] → réparateur/trice; [fact, idea etc] → qui réjouit par son originalité or sa rareté
refreshing [rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ] refresh adjerfrischend;
(sleep) → wohltuend;
(idea etc) → angenehm
refreshing [rɪˈfrɛʃɪŋ] adj [drink] → rinfrescante; [sleep] → riposante, ristoratore/trice; [change etc] → piacevole; [idea, point of view] → originale


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Catching myself at that, I took my own hint, and spreading myself out upon the turf I had a long and refreshing sleep.
Though at the time they may be refreshing and agreable yet beleive me they will in the end, if too often repeated and at improper seasons, prove destructive to your Constitution.
But it is at least refreshing to hear any one speak his mind with such frankness.
 
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