off-putting
provoking uneasiness, dislike, annoyance, or repugnance; disturbing or disagreeable.
Origin of off-putting
1Other words from off-putting
- off-put·ting·ly, adverb
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How to use off-putting in a sentence
Their new Balmain campaign isn't just extremely off-putting and incredibly up-close; it's also a serious sartorial achievement.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture | Amy Zimmerman | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was also an off-putting conflict between whimsy and realism.
‘Peter Pan Live!’ Review: No Amount of Clapping Brings It to Life | Kevin Fallon | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“What I like about Gibson is that he so contravenes his public image—that of a hard, off-putting guy,” Wheeler said.
On the other hand, he found my wasabi seaweed a bit off-putting.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison | Daniel Genis | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Smithy character, played by Dustin Ybarra, is so cartoonish as to be off-putting rather than gleefully adolescent.
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British Dictionary definitions for off-putting
British informal disconcerting or disturbing
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