1 pleasantly new or different:
It made a refreshing change to be taken seriously for once. * It's refreshing to meet someone who is so dedicated to their work.
2 making you feel less tired or hot:
a refreshing drink / shower * The breeze was cool and refreshing.
refreshingly adverb:
refreshingly different / honest / simple * The house was refreshingly cool inside.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for refreshing is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is refreshing a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, refreshing is tagged as adjective.
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