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Princeton's WordNet

  1. off-puttingadjective

    causing annoyance or repugnance

    "an off-putting remark"

  2. off-puttingadjective

    tending to repel

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

Wiktionary

  1. off-puttingadjective

    Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off.

    His habit of picking his nose is quite off-putting

ChatGPT

  1. off-putting

    Off-putting refers to something that is unpleasant, disturbing, or repels you, causing a negative reaction or feeling of aversion. It can be used to describe behaviors, attitudes, sights, scents, tastes, or any other aspect that is unattractive or disagreeable in some way.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of off-putting in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of off-putting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of off-putting in a Sentence

  1. 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.

  2. Lori Glawe:

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

  3. 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.

  4. William S. Burroughs:

    Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that the book is completely unimportant without saying exactly why, and carefully avoiding any clear images that could capture the reader's full attention.

  5. John Powell:

    He was more of a loner, and having a fascination with war and guns made him off-putting to a lot of people. he didn’t have many friends.


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