Antonyms of verb refresh

1 of 4 senses of refresh

Sense 4
refresh, freshen, refreshen -- (make fresh again)
       Antonym of tire (Sense 2)
      => tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue -- (exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb refresh

4 senses of refresh

Sense 1
review, brush up, refresh -- (refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test")
       => remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think -- (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories")

Sense 2
refresh, freshen -- (make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us")
       => regenerate, renew -- (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership")

Sense 3
freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up -- (become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 4
refresh, freshen, refreshen -- (make fresh again)
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

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