"refreshing" meaning in English

See refreshing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/ Forms: more refreshing [comparative], most refreshing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛʃɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, refresh + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|refresh|-ing}} By surface analysis, refresh + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} refreshing (comparative more refreshing, superlative most refreshing)
  1. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
    Sense id: en-refreshing-en-adj-DUpSaI2d
  2. Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: refreshingly, refreshingness Translations (refreshing): مُنْعِش (munʕiš) [masculine] (Arabic), освежителен (osvežitelen) (Bulgarian), ободрителен (obodritelen) (Bulgarian), refrescant (Catalan), 清新 (cing¹ san¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 清新 (qīngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), verfrissend (Dutch), revigliga (Esperanto), raikastava (Finnish), virkistävä (Finnish), rafraîchissant (French), erfrischend (German), siiva (Ingrian), rinfrescante (Italian), 爽快 (alt: そうかい、sōkai) (Japanese), освежително (osvežitelno) (Macedonian), rafraîchissant (Norman), forfriskende (Norwegian Bokmål), leskende (english: drink) (Norwegian Bokmål), odświeżający (Polish), refrescante (Spanish), ferahlatıcı (Turkish), освіжаючий (osvižajučyj) (Ukrainian), що освіжає (ščo osvižaje) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'refreshing': 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/ Forms: refreshings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, refresh + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|refresh|-ing}} By surface analysis, refresh + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} refreshing (plural refreshings)
  1. The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
    Sense id: en-refreshing-en-noun-kfO2opW4
  2. That which gives refreshment.
    Sense id: en-refreshing-en-noun-qVDmmsfB

Verb

IPA: /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛʃɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, refresh + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|refresh|-ing}} By surface analysis, refresh + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} refreshing
  1. present participle and gerund of refresh Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: refresh
    Sense id: en-refreshing-en-verb-jVxrlNXd

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "verfrissend"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "refreshing",
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      "sense": "refreshing",
      "word": "raikastava"
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      "sense": "refreshing",
      "word": "virkistävä"
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      "sense": "refreshing",
      "word": "rafraîchissant"
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      "sense": "refreshing",
      "word": "erfrischend"
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      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "refreshing",
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      "sense": "refreshing",
      "word": "ferahlatıcı"
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      "sense": "refreshing",
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