English Explanatory Dictionary

refreshing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
  2. Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.
noun
  1. The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
  2. That which gives refreshment.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of refresh

Pronunciation

/ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-refreshing.wav

Word forms

refreshing more refreshing most refreshing refreshings

Etymology

By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.

Derived words

nonrefreshing refreshingly refreshingness unrefreshing

Translations

Arabic: مُنْعِش Bulgarian: освежителен Bulgarian: ободрителен Bulgarian: освежаващ Catalan: refrescant Chinese Cantonese: 清新 Chinese Mandarin: 清新 Dutch: verfrissend Esperanto: revigliga Finnish: raikastava Finnish: virkistävä French: rafraîchissant German: erfrischend Ingrian: siiva Italian: rinfrescante Japanese: 爽快 Macedonian: освежително Norman: rafraîchissant Norwegian Bokmål: forfriskende Norwegian Bokmål: leskende Polish: odświeżający Polish: orzeźwiający Spanish: refrescante Turkish: ferahlatıcı Ukrainian: освіжаючий Ukrainian: що освіжає
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