Usually means: Causes discomfort or aversion; repelling.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word off-putting:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. off-putting: Merriam-Webster
  2. off-putting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. off-putting: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. off-putting, off-putting: Collins English Dictionary
  5. off-putting: Vocabulary.com
  6. Off-Putting, Off-putting, off-putting: Wordnik
  7. off-putting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. off-putting: Wiktionary
  9. off-putting: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. off-putting: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. off-putting: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. off-putting: Dictionary.com
  13. off-putting: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. off-putting: Rhymezone
  15. off-putting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. off-putting: FreeDictionary.org
  17. off-putting: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. off-putting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. off-putting: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See off-puttingly as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off.

Similar:
displeasing, unappealing, offputting, uncomfortable, repugnant, disagreeable, displeasurable, unpleasing, uncongenial, incommodious, more...

Opposite:
appealing, inviting, attractive, alluring, charming

Colors:
    brown,     mustard yellow,     olive green,     chartreuse,     puce, more...
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Similar:
displeasing, unappealing, offputting, uncomfortable, repugnant, disagreeable, displeasurable, unpleasing, uncongenial, incommodious, more...

Opposite:
appealing, inviting, attractive, alluring, charming

Colors:
    brown,     mustard yellow,     olive green,     chartreuse,     puce, more...



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