off-putting (redirected from off-puttingly)

off-put·ting (ôfptng, f-)

adj.

Tending to disconcert or repel: "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile" Elizabeth Hess.

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off-putting

Adjective

Informal rather unpleasant or disturbing: it can be very off-putting when you first visit a social security office

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	off-putting - causing annoyance or repugnance; "an off-putting remark" displeasing - causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
	2.	off-putting - tending to repel; "The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile"- Elizabeth Hess unappealing - not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess"

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off-putting

adjective (Informal) discouraging, upsetting, disturbing, frustrating, nasty, formidable, intimidating, dismaying, unsettling, daunting, dampening, unnerving, disconcerting, unfavourable, dispiriting, discomfiting

Translations

off-putting [ˈɔfputɪŋ] adj (BRIT) [person] → poco amable, difícil; [behaviour] → chocante

off-putting [ˈɔfputɪŋ] off adj (Brit) [remark] → rébarbatif/ive; [person] → rebutant(e) → peu engageant(e)

off-putting [ˈɔfputɪŋ] (Brit) adj [remark, behaviour] → abstoßend

off-putting [ˈɔfputɪŋ] adj (BRIT) → un po' scostante