stale (fresh bread/stale bread)
sower (fresh milk/sower milk)
rotten (fresh fruit/rotten fruit)
rancid (fresh bacon/rancid bacon)
spoiled (fresh food/spoiled food)
wilted (fresh flowers/wilted flowers)
usual (fresh experience/usual experience)
similar (fresh experience/similar experience)
preserved (fresh food/preserved food)
pickled (fresh onion/pickled onion)
used (fresh paper/used paper)
polluted (fresh air/polluted air)
faded (fresh memory/faded memory)
experienced (fresh recruits/experienced soldiers)
tired (fresh as a daisy/tired out)
gentle (fresh wind/gentle breeze)
shy (fresh youth/ shy youth)
rotten
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The 5 letter word you're looking for is fresh.
"Fresh" is a word that means the opposite of stale and has a short vowel.
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Stale, processed are opposite words to fresh
Recent, modern, up to date, new, fresh, etc.
The opposite of ashes could be considered as something that is unburned or untouched by fire, like a fresh log or a thriving plant.
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The word refreshing means new or fresh and different. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of the word you are using. Some antonyms of the word refreshing can be dull, boring, stale, or depressing.
Cynical.
For "fresh" (bright, clean), the opposite could be dark, dirty, or grubby.For "fresh" (new), antonyms include old, or used.For "fresh" (original), the opposites could be unoriginal, hackneyed, or trite.For "fresh" (rested) the opposite could be tired, or fatigued.For food, the opposite could be stale or spoiled. For the condition in which food is obtained, the opposite of freshcould be canned, or preserved.