Reinvigorating

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Energizing and restoring enthusiasm or vigor to a person or situation
2. Giving renewed strength or liveliness to a person or environment
3. Bringing back a sense of power and excitement to activities or individuals

Etymology: "Reinvigorating" is the present participle of "reinvigorate", which is built from the prefix "re-" and "invigorate", meaning to give strength or life to something. The base, "invigorate", goes back to Late Latin "invigorare", formed from Latin "in-" ("into") and "vigor" ("strength, liveliness"). That root is the same one behind "vigour" itself, so the word is essentially a layered compound of "strength" with a directional prefix. The prefix "re-" adds the sense of doing something again or restoring something to a former state. So to reinvigorate something is to bring back its lost energy, and the participle describes whatever is doing that restoring. The "re-" comes from Latin, passing into English by way of Old French, which is how many English verbs with "re-" arrived in Middle English.

Synonyms: revitalizing, refreshing, renewing, reviving, stimulating

Antonyms: exhausting, draining, diminishing, wearying