off-putting

[ awf-poot-ing, of- ]
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adjective
  1. provoking uneasiness, dislike, annoyance, or repugnance; disturbing or disagreeable.

Origin of off-putting

1
1820–30; off + putting, after verb phrase put off

Other words from off-putting

  • off-put·ting·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for off-putting

off-putting

adjective
  1. British informal disconcerting or disturbing

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