invigoratingadj.
That invigorates; that imparts vigour or energy.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective]
cooling?c1425
comfortablec1440
refreshing1534
rousing1576
vegetant1576
reviving1579
refriscative1582
refrigerating1583
cordial1584
airy1591
freshing1591
animating1595
fertile1597
recreating1600
refective1611
refreshfula1614
comforting1623
refrigerant1626
erecting1654
cordialine1674
refocillating1675
corroboratinga1680
refectory1693
invigorating1694
restoring1697
freshful1734
enlivening1746–7
livelya1754
tonic1756
stimulatory1758
vivifying1768
energizing1786
stimulative1791
refreshening1807
vitalizing1813
stimulating1827
recuperative1843
invigorative1860
innerving1868
breezy1870
tonicizing1890
reparatory1893
1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables ii. 38 The invigorating vertue of His precious Blood.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 311 That enlivening and invigorating Principle.
1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 492 The climate..is as salubrious and invigorating.
Derivatives
inˈvigoratingly adv. so as to invigorate.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adverb]
refreshingly1658
coolingly1662
revivingly1740
refreshfully1769
animatingly1778
restoratively1835
invigoratively1858
tonically1873
invigoratingly1874
zingily1951
zingingly1952
1874 Daily News 13 Feb. 5/3 After its first plunge into a period of invigoratingly cold weather.
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adj.1694