refreshing
- 01 B1 Intermediate
adj.making you feel less hot or tired.
adj.serving to restore strength or animation; providing a cooling or restorative effect.
Simple“A refreshing glass of cold lemonade is perfect on a hot summer afternoon.”
In context“After the long hike through the humid valley, the cool breeze from the summit was incredibly refreshing for the exhausted group.”
SynonymsAntonyms - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
adj.pleasantly new or different from what you usually see or hear.
adj.pleasantly new, different, or honest in a way that contrasts with a previous state or common expectation.
Simple“It was refreshing to hear a politician speak so honestly about the problems.”
In context“The candidate's refreshing lack of pretension stood in stark contrast to the carefully managed personas of his political rivals.”
Antonyms - 03 B1 Intermediate
v.the action of making something fresh again or updating a computer screen.
v.the present participle of 'refresh', used for the act of restoring vitality or updating a digital display to show new data.
Simple“I kept refreshing the page to see if the concert tickets were on sale yet.”
In context“By constantly refreshing the browser window, she managed to secure a reservation just as the system released the final block of rooms.”
By surface analysis, refresh + -ing.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.