invigorating

English

Adjective

invigorating

1. Giving strength, energy and vitality; quickening; stimulating.
   • 1951 December, “Notes and News: Reduced Fares for Ladies”, in Railway Magazine, pages 852-853:

     The advertisement [published in 1856] concluded with the announcement that the excursion was being run "to afford the industrious classes the opportunity of enjoying the healthful and invigorating sea-breezes of Southport, and the luxury of sea-bathing, or the numerous objects of interest and amusement at Liverpool."

Verb

invigorating

1. present participle and gerund of invigorate

Derived terms

• invigoratingness
• uninvigorating

Related terms

• invigoratingly

Translations

giving strength, energy and vitality

Armenian: կենարար (hy) (kenarar) Bulgarian: ободряващ (bg) (obodrjavašt), укрепващ (bg) (ukrepvašt) Finnish: virkistävä (fi), elvyttävä (fi), innostava (fi) German: belebend (de), anregend (de), erfrischend (de), stärkend (de) Lü: ᦵᦕᧆ (ṗhed) Russian: придаю́щий (ru) (pridajúščij) сил (ru) (sil), живительный (ru) (živitelʹnyj)

References

• Noah Webster (1828), “invigorating”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.