bracing
Crisp and stimulating
Bracing describes something invigorating or refreshing, often with a sharp quality: a bracing walk in the cold morning air, bracing sea winds.
The word suggests stimulation that wakes you up or strengthens you—challenging but beneficial.
Bracing can also mean serving as structural support: bracing beams held up the roof.
Pleasingly restorative
- crispFirm and breakable
- stimulatingArousing interest or energy
- exhilaratingIntensely invigorating or exciting
- revitalizingRestoring strength or energy
energizing · tonic · restorative · brisk · enlivening · awakening · rousing · fortifying
To uphold or sustain
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- strutProud, showy gait
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
framework · stabilization · shoring · girder · beam · truss · stanchion · pillar
chilly
Moderately cold
raw · keen · sharp · piercing · bitter · cutting · wintry · icy · frigid · numbing
refreshing
Pleasingly restorative
- crispFirm and breakable
- stimulatingArousing interest or energy
- exhilaratingIntensely invigorating or exciting
revitalizing · energizing · tonic · restorative · brisk · enlivening · awakening · rousing · fortifying · reinvigorating
support
To uphold or sustain
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- strutProud, showy gait
scaffolding · framework · stabilization · shoring · girder · beam · truss · stanchion · pillar · bracket
steeling
Mentally preparing oneself
preparing · tensing · fortifying · nerving · psyching · composing · gathering · mustering · stiffening · rallying
armguard
Forearm protective gear
archer · longbow · crossbow · bowhunting · bow · quiver · draw · forearm · wristguard · protective
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, inpatient rehab
- defensive gesturesflinching, cowering, cringing, ducking, recoiling
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
- building repaircrack repair, foundation repair, repointing, tuckpointing, concrete repair
- earthquake engineeringearthquake engineering, seismic waves, liquefaction, seismic risk, dampers
- shoringshoring, props, struts, wales, rakers
bracingenervating
Causing loss of vigor
debilitating · exhausting · draining · weakening · sapping
bracingstifling
Oppressively hot and close
oppressive · muggy · stuffy · suffocating · sultry
- bracing yourself
- bracing upSummoning inner strength
- cross bracingDiagonal supports preventing lateral movement