off-putting
adjective
provoking uneasiness, dislike, annoyance, or repugnance; disturbing or disagreeable.
off-puttingly
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a word derived from
off-putting.
Example Sentences
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Karsh drives a white Tesla and it somehow becomes a key character in the film, off-puttingly so.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025
It’s got a twist, as you might expect, and it’s not a bad one, turning something off-puttingly conventional into, well, a nicely resonant surprise.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022
Maybe it’s the way he sticks to approachable, figurative images that are playful, but never off-puttingly abstract.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2020
His era-scrambling cleverness — also evident in his 1999 adaptation of Molière’s “The Misanthrope” — can initially feel off-puttingly arch.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
Upstate, the former scenester shacks up with a hunky contractor, but her observations of the people she meets are off-puttingly sour and condescending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
