Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Serving to refresh.
- adjective Pleasantly fresh and different.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending or serving to refresh; invigorating; reviving; reanimating: sometimes used with a humorous or sarcastic implication.
- noun Refreshment; that which refreshes; relief after fatigue or suffering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Reviving; reanimating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting
vitality and energy. - adjective Serving to refresh.
- noun The action of
refresh ;refreshment given or received. - noun That which gives refreshment.
- verb Present participle of
refresh .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective pleasantly new or different
- adjective imparting vitality and energy
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Creating a whole book with lots of recipes for sorbets means that you run the risk of using the word "refreshing" too often, but this sorbet is truly the most refreshing of them all, so I saved that word to describe it.
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Creating a whole book with lots of recipes for sorbets means that you run the risk of using the word "refreshing" too often, but this sorbet is truly the most refreshing of them all, so I saved that word to describe it.
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On of the things that i find really refreshing is your concern for things like this and the fact that it never sounds like a sound bite.
"And their eyes change as they learn to see through flame." greygirlbeast 2010
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The romance angle of every sibling story is carefully constructed scene by scene, motivations and attractions feel true and believable which again is refreshing from the fated mated approach used in too many paranormal romances.
“Into the Flame” by Christina Dodd Doug Knipe 2008
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How refreshing is that? on 07 Apr 2008 at 10: 04 am Kathleen Bolton
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » MOVIE ANALYSIS: Nim’s Island 2008
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What's even more refreshing is that it appears that the majority of Americans are intelligent enough to see through all of the tactics that are being initiated by the Clinton camp.
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What I find really refreshing is Behe's unabased recognition of the problem of evil.
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Is this comment where I keep getting the word refreshing?
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This is surprising, and quite refreshing from a Studio, especially considering how well the film is doing and how much it's taking at the box office.
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One of the things I find refreshing is that this list does not just list widely accepted classics.
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