refreshing

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, refresh +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: re‧fresh‧ing

Adjective

refreshing (comparative more refreshing, superlative most refreshing)

  1. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217:
      The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.
    • 2022 June 20, Charles Hugh Smith, The Difference Between a Forecast and a Guess‎[1], archived from the original on 24 April 2025:
      Every forecast or guess has one refreshing quality: one will be right and the rest will be wrong.
  2. 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

Noun

refreshing (plural refreshings)

  1. 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 […]
  2. That which gives refreshment.

Verb

refreshing

  1. present participle and gerund of refresh
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