Definitions for put off
put off

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put offverb

   hold back to a later time

   "let's postpone the exam"

2. turn off, put offverb

   cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

3. dishearten, put offverb

   take away the enthusiasm of

4. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put offverb

   cause to feel embarrassment

   "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

5. hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb

   avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

   "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. put offverb

   To procrastinate

2. put offverb

   to delay (a task, event, or deadline)

3. put offverb

   to offend, repulse, or frighten

4. put offadjective

   offended, repulsed

5. put offadjective

   daunted or fazed

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1. put off

   "Put off" is a phrasal verb typically used to indicate the action of delaying, postponing, or avoiding a task or decision that needs to be accomplished. It can also mean causing someone to feel dislike, distaste or discomfort, deterring or discouraging them.

Matched Categories

1. • Avoid
   • Discourage
   • Embarrass
   • Repel

Anagrams for put off »

1. off-put

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of put off in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of put off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of put off in a Sentence

1. Earl of Chesterfield:

   Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

2. Rishi Sunak:

   What I don't want to do is put off the investment that's required to exploit those resources, but what I would say is that if we don't see that type of investment coming forward and if the companies are not going to make those investments in our country and in our energy security, of course that's something I would look at. Nothing is ever off the table in these things.

3. Benny Hill:

   Don't put off till tomorrow what you could do today because if you do it today and you like it you can do it again tomorrow.

4. Paul Olliff:

   However, given it will be classed as a 'trophy asset', buyers might not be put off by a financial performance that doesn't reflect the sale price, whether it's an inflated price or not, this should not be seen as an indication of the buoyant hotel market in the UK in a wider context, primarily because the Ritz is almost a 'one-off.'.

5. Hidehiko Kasahara:

   They want to put off debate as much as possible.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=put off
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Put_Off
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com