26984 words

bracing

3 definitions • 8 examples
1
(of weather) cold and perhaps windy, in a way that makes you feel full of energy :

Examples:

The crisp weather was oddly bracing.
The air on top of the hill was cool and bracing.
a bracing wind
2
(of an activity) making you feel full of energy because it is done outside when the weather is cold and perhaps windy:

Examples:

We enjoyed a bracing walk on the beach.
Her day begins with a bracing run along the canal.
a bracing early morning swim
3
having a strong effect on your senses or emotions :

Examples:

The finale, bracing and exhilarating, dazzled from start to finish.
Starting life again as a single woman has been bracing, a little scary, but ultimately very good for me.

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