Synonyms for refreshing
rɪˈfrɛʃ ɪŋre·fresh·ing

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1. refreshing

   Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

   Synonyms:
   acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome

   Antonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

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1. bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonicadjective

   imparting vitality and energy

   "the bracing mountain air"

   Synonyms:
   tonic, spanking, bracing, wise, refreshful, lively, fresh, new, snappy, novel, brisk, tonal, smart, reinvigorated, unfermented, accented, impertinent, sweet, unused, saucy, merry, clean, sassy, impudent, refreshed, invigorated, zippy, rattling, overbold, alert

   Antonyms:
   old, debilitating

2. novel, refreshingadjective

   pleasantly new or different

   "common sense of a most refreshing sort"

   Synonyms:
   tonic, refreshful, novel, bracing, new, brisk, fresh

   Antonyms:
   old, debilitating

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1. refreshingadjective

   Synonyms:
   reviving, invigorating, grateful, pleasant, comfortable

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1. refreshingadjective

   Synonyms:
   reviving, reanimating, cooling, reinvigorating, refective

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1. List of paraphrases for "refreshing":

   refresh, update, bracing, updating, upgrade, comforting, upgrading, reassuring

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1. Sean Currey:

   I was just so touched, it was refreshing, knowing that people her age want to help.

2. Halide Alagoz:

   At the moment were refreshing our approach and framework around sustainability.

3. Chip Ganassi:

   His apprentice program into racing most recently was in Japan, so I think he brings a lot of that Japanese mentality to the team, which a lot of us find refreshing, he brought a certain fortitude that you see in that part of the world. And you know, he didn't turn a wheel wrong all year.

4. Donald Trump:

   People like Trump because he just shoots straight from the hip. Sometimes he goes a little overboard, but I think it's refreshing, i think people are sick to death of the same old, same old.

5. Diana Buttu:

   It was very refreshing when Anthony Bourdain came here. It was very revealing that after the segment aired and when Anthony Bourdain talked about Palestinians that Anthony Bourdain made sure to mention the issue of dehumanization, that Palestinians had been deprived of their humanity, anthony Bourdain saw Palestinians as human beings -- it's sad we have to say this in this day and age, that someone saw us as human beings, but Anthony Bourdain did and that for me was very powerful.