FRESHENED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in refreshed

made or become fresh in spirits or vigor the team came back from the locker room freshened and ready for the rest of the game

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freshened

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verb

past tense of freshen

as in restored

to bring back to a former condition or vigor cool glasses of lemonade freshened us after a day of hard work outside

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Black clothes can be freshened with a clothes steamer or fabric spray between wearings. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025 The video features footage from a year-old news conference, except that Tkachuk’s words are freshened through AI. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 Even decorative throw pillows can be freshened by vacuuming away dust and cleaning the covers. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 16 Jan. 2026

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Customers will also notice a refreshed visual identity.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
So the Pep Guardiola era is over, with a domestic double in the bag and a season that suggests a refreshed Manchester City are on the right lines.

— Sam Lee, New York Times, 29 May 2026

Definition of refreshed

Verb

The Vatican’s declaration has renewed attention on one of the Charlotte region’s most complex corners of Catholic life.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
In February 2026, Deadline confirmed that Dark Winds had been renewed for a fifth season, which is slated to premiere in 2027.

— Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

Definition of renewed

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Higgins also recreated Zendaya’s iconic tennis ball heels from the Challengers press tour.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 July 2026
Shooting took place across Ho Chi Minh City and Orange County and Los Angeles, California, in April 2025, with the bulk of the wartime sequences captured on Vietnamese soil rather than recreated on a studio backlot abroad.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2026

Definition of recreated

Verb

All of the comfortable rooms were recently renovated and are decked with blackout curtains.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
The data center is expected to cost about $107 million to build and will be hosted within an existing building, which will be renovated on the inside but left relatively intact on the outside.

— Ilana Arougheti July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

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