off-putting

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Recent Examples of off-putting One does not hire Bill Skarsgård unless one is looking for a lanky, off-putting weirdo. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025 Depending on the context, Théodore Pellerin, the actor who plays Lurker’s low-rent answer to Tom Ripley, has a boyish lankiness that can read like high-fashion elegance or off-putting awkwardness. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 Miranda later returned to her apartment to eat with her guests and was greeted by Mia and her off-putting friends, Silvio (Paulo Hernandez-Farella) and Epcot (Spike Einbinder). Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025 Unfortunately, the latter aspects suggested to a lot of potential viewers that Fantastic Four is a more dramatic and adult-skewing movie, where dangers and child-threat elements might be too scary or off-putting to the youngest kids and their parents. Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-putting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for off-putting
Adjective
  • Powell might have been appealing enough to make this goofy premise work if Russ and his alter ego weren’t two of the most obnoxious TV characters in recent memory—and if the show didn’t seem cobbled together from older, better sports comedies.
    Judy Berman, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Apple's obnoxious $100-or-$200-per-tier upgrade pricing for storage and RAM is usually the worst part about any of its products, so any upgrade that eliminates that upcharge for anyone is worth calling out.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Evshine Memory Foam Slippers Listen, airplane floors are disgusting.
    Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the abuse that came later, though, was disgusting.
    Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But the ever-reliable consumer is beginning to look shaky, courtesy of an unpleasant mix of a stagnating job market and sticky inflation.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The power is accompanied by a loud, unpleasant exhaust note.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lindell handles very ugly, difficult matchups and usually comes out on top, regardless of who he’s partnered with.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • If the scoreline made for ugly reading, the performance wasn’t much better.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Once the selloff happened, the Twins were destined to be awful for the final two months, all but sealing Baldelli’s fate.
    Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the awful low; but Dunne’s story is ultimately one of redemption.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • To come in and have [designers] fight over my Polaroid would be so sickening, or even a judge on the show.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Man arrested for sickening act at Charlie Kirk memorial outside Turning Point HQ MAJOR HEADLINES PARTY POWERPLAY – Zohran Mamdani lands key endorsement in New York City mayoral race.
    , FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, Republicans are pressuring Democrats to condemn Jones and urge him to leave the race after last month’s shocking killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk reignited a national conversation about political violence.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Now, series creator Anthony Zuiker is opening up about the shocking casting decision and its lasting consequences.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Jets did precious little against the hideous Dallas defense and, on the other side of the ball, allowed scoring drives of 90 and 91 yards.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, such a transition as implied by the current crisis necessitates and implies a coming organizational shift in society, but that could either result in a hideous fascism or in something genuinely utopian.
    Ed Simon September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Off-putting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/off-putting. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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