remontant

In a sentence

• En hiver, un bon chocolat chaud est un remontant efficace.

  In winter, a good hot chocolate is an effective pick-me-up.

  Here, 'remontant' is used as a noun to describe something, such as a comforting drink, that gives energy or lifts the spirits.

• Les alpinistes ont commencé à grimper le sentier remontant vers le sommet.

  The mountaineers began ascending the trail leading up to the summit.

  In this sentence, 'remontant' is a present participle used as an adjective to describe a trail that leads upward.

• Elle pensais que son moral remontant doucement était grâce à ses amis.

  She thought her gradually improving mood was thanks to her friends.

  'Remontant' is used in a descriptive sense as a participle to indicate the rising state of her mood.