turned off 1 of 2

adjective

as in opposing

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verb

past tense of turn off
1
as in disgusted
to cause to feel disgust that memorably bad meal turned me off about restaurant food for a while

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2
as in deviated
to change one's course or direction turn off at the third exit and follow the ramp to your left

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3
as in removed
to let go from office, service, or employment eventually, the supervisor turned off the insubordinate employee

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4
as in shut off
to cause to stop functioning please turn off the fan when you're done

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Recent Examples of turned off
Verb
Bad Paint Choices and Jobs Buyers can get turned off by overly bold paint colors, whether on a single focal wall or drenching an entire room. — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 21 Sep. 2026 Officials advised residents in zones nearby to shelter-in-place until further notice, with windows and doors closed and air conditioning systems turned off. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Sense can analyze data from the new meters in real time and tell you how much power your new heat pump is using when the temperature drops or how many watts your big-screen TV is drawing even when it’s turned off. — Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 3 Sep. 2026 Some people swear by it, while others were turned off by weird side effects. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 The lo-fi nature of the videos, their formulaic content, and their inaccuracies don’t seem to have turned off viewers. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026 He was forced out of Biscayne 21 in September 2023, when the developer turned off the air conditioning. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Restroom faucets will remain operational, but spigot access at South Rim campgrounds will be turned off, with the exception of Mather Campground's check-in kiosk. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 If overhead lines in that system are turned off due to wildfire risk, the connected underground lines may lose power as well. — San Diego Gas & Electric, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned off
  1. opposing
  2. disgusted
  3. deviated
  4. removed
  5. shut off
  6. opposed
  7. sickened
  8. turned
Adjective
  • Within this region are two major neural pathways, known as the direct and indirect pathways, which appear to exert opposing influences over which actions are expressed.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The opposing game plan would be to neutralize them and keep the game close enough to where one or two big swings can make the difference.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of opposing
Verb
  • That is, Lamashtu spoke out about something that angered and disgusted the divine patriarch, and she was cast down to earth.
    — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Harrity, who is open about his own recovery, is troubled and disgusted by police believing Horsch preyed on women struggling with addiction.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of disgusted
Verb
  • The Bengals deviated from strategy this offseason and paid for a defense.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • McInerny saw a character who deviated from the usual ingenue.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of deviated
Verb
  • If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • All arrestees go before a federal immigration judge who determines if he or she will ultimately be removed from the country.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • For now, the company is limited to just 15 minutes of operation in space before the chips have to be shut off to cool back down.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Epigenetic control — the means by which an organism can dial the expression of its genetic repertoire up or down, or shut off the expression of some genes entirely — may have evolved first to bring transposons to heel.
    — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of shut off
Adjective
  • Before that, its superintendent, William Watson, was strongly opposed to it.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The truth is, the things that make Lance get free on set and the things that help me get free were, at times, diametrically opposed.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of opposed
Verb
  • At the time, the FDA had gotten reports of at least 30 sickened people.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Before the vaccine became available in 1963, measles sickened 3 million to 4 million people and led to about 500 deaths every year in the United States.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Pencil shavings, fragile and featherlike, also turned into earrings.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Turned off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20off. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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