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off-putting

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. off-puttingadjective

    causing annoyance or repugnance

    "an off-putting remark"

    Antonyms:
    appealing, pleasing

  2. off-puttingadjective

    tending to repel

    "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess

    Antonyms:
    appealing, pleasing

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "off-putting":

    disconcerting, repulsive, unpleasant, distasteful, dissuasive

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#18616unpleasant
#43152repulsive
#56411distasteful
#57101disconcerting
#268647dissuasive

How to use off-putting in a sentence?

  1. Keith Anderson:

    That's the kind of thing that starts to freak out suppliers, it's a little off-putting to see a ribbon right below what you just paid for that says,' Look at our products.' Our Brands are right to be skeptical.

  2. Jamie Allen:

    The usual cycle is that investors come along, make recommendations, and the mere fact that it's done publicly often is very off-putting to boards, so their initial reaction is to be very defensive and to react against them, but if the idea is a good one, then quite often the company will start taking them seriously.

  3. Lori Glawe:

    We spend a lot of time talking about why you are better off putting the money in your pocket first.

  4. Justin Paperny:

    Don't pay for services, like paying someone to do your job. Are you so lazy you can not do your prison job ? That is incredibly off-putting to those who will do it, i got a call six months ago from a woman whose husband is serving time in a medium security prison who cut in line.

  5. Paul Hokemeyer:

    Perfect people are annoying and off-putting. We connect with people through their cracks. It's what makes them human and, ultimately, attractive.


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