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Unpleasant like a golfer struggling to hole?
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off-putting
Word definitions for off-putting in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "procrastinating," from off (adv.) + put (v.). Meaning "creating an unfavorable impression" is first recorded 1894.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Apparently he found use of the sleeve very off-putting . ▪ She remembered her own off-putting attitude the day after it had happened. ▪ Sometimes I cycled in from Bourn, but the eight miles all uphill on the return was a ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
off-putting \off-putting\ adj. hard to deal with. Syn: awkward, disconcerting, embarrassing, sticky, tight, unenviable. tending to repel. Syn: unappealing. The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile. --Elizabeth Hess
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. causing annoyance or repugnance; "an off-putting remark" tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess
Usage examples of off-putting.
It was fairly common for those in the first inflationary rush of infatuation, lust or love to embrace almost exclusively the inner voicelessness of implant-articulation in preference to the somehow physically off-putting and clumsy medium of normal speech, and although Pieter did not think Lucia jealous of their guest - any more than Gil seemed able to spare the girl more than the most cursory attention - she did seem to resent both the simple distraction she represented and the fact Pieter had suggested they communicate by speech in deference to the girl's seeming total lack of implants.
Her ardentness was off-putting on a sunny afternoon, and when the open faces of young men caught sight of her they closed down or looked away.
He found the company of his fellow members of the professoriat oddly off-putting.