1. Imparting vitality and energy
   "the refreshing mountain air";
   - bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, tonic
    
2. Pleasantly new or different
   "common sense of a most refreshing sort";
   - novel

1. Make (to feel) fresh
   "The cool water refreshed us";
   - freshen
    
2. Become or make oneself fresh again
   "She refreshed herself with a quick shower";
   - freshen, refreshen [rare], freshen up
    
3. Make fresh again
   "A cool shower refreshed her after the long day";
   - freshen, refreshen [rare]
    
4. Refresh one's memory
   "Let me refresh your memory about the agreement";
   - review, brush up, revise [Brit]

See also: invigorating, new

Type of: alter, call back, call up, change, modify, recall, recollect, regenerate, remember, renew, retrieve, think

Encyclopedia: Refreshing