off-putting

[ awf-poot-ing, of- ]

adjective

1. provoking uneasiness, dislike, annoyance, or repugnance; disturbing or disagreeable.

off-putting

adjective

1. informal.
   disconcerting or disturbing

Other Words From

• off-putting·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of off-putting¹

1820–30; off + putting, after verb phrase put off

Related Words

• abhorrent
• creepy
• distasteful
• hateful
• hideous
• nasty
• objectionable
• odious
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• ugly
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