different between refreshing vs salubrious

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???f?????/
• Rhymes: -????
• Hyphenation: re?fresh?ing

Adjective

refreshing (comparative more refreshing, superlative most refreshing)

1. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
2. Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.

Derived terms

• refreshingly
• refreshingness

Translations

Noun

refreshing (plural refreshings)

1. The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
2. That which gives refreshment.

Verb

refreshing

1. present participle of refresh

English

Etymology

From Latin sal?bris (“healthy”) +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?-lo?o'br?-?s, IPA^(key): /s??lu?.b?i?.?s/

Adjective

salubrious (comparative more salubrious, superlative most salubrious)

1. Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially as related to air.
   • 2001, Francis Forster, Cockles and Mussels, iUniverse ?ISBN, page 133

     Ireland has a mild, genial and salubrious climate, I remember from my geography lessons. Salubrious, my foot! Unless you take salubrious to mean a regular downpour the whole year round, with, in between, a penetrating dampness that'd  ...

Synonyms

• (promoting health or well-being): healthful

Antonyms

• (promoting health or well-being): insalubrious

Related terms

• salubriously
• salubriousness
• salubrity

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