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. 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.

2. Don Lemon:

   How refreshing, how human, how compassionate, how American.

3. John Ruskin:

   Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, and snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

4. Matthew Hurtt:

   It’s refreshing to hear a candidate talk about what is possible, he has a plan and a view for people.

5. Ziad Ahmed:

   I didn’t think I would get admitted to Stanford at all, but it’s quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic activism as an asset rather than a liability.