Refreshed
adjectiveFeeling restored in energy, rested, or revitalised.
How to spell refreshed
9 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce refreshed
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does refreshed mean?
- adjectiveFeeling restored in energy, rested, or revitalised.
- verbRenewed, updated, or replenished something so it showed or held its current state.
Refreshed in a sentence
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adjective
She felt refreshed after a long night of uninterrupted sleep.
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verb
He refreshed the spreadsheet to pull in the latest sales figures.
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adjective
A short walk at lunch left him refreshed and ready to concentrate again.
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verb
The waiter refreshed the water jugs before the next course arrived.
Where does refreshed come from?
Language of origin: French
The word grows from the verb 'refresh', which English assembled in the 1300s from the Old French 'refreschir', meaning to make fresh or to renew. That French verb combined the prefix 're-' (again) with a root for 'fresh', which the Romance languages had themselves borrowed from a Germanic source; the same Germanic stem gives us the plain English adjective 'fresh', meaning new or unspoiled. From the start 'refresh' carried two strands of meaning that survive today: to restore strength or energy to a tired person, and to renew or replenish something that has been used up. The past form 'refreshed' simply adds the regular '-ed' ending, and because the verb ends in a single consonant after a vowel sound that is not stressed at the end, no letter is doubled. The modern computing sense, reloading a page or display, is a direct extension of the old idea of renewing something so it shows the latest state.
How the word is built
- re- (again)
- fresh (Germanic root meaning new, unspoiled)
- -ed (past tense/participle suffix)
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