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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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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
Rather than being turned off by the studio’s feedback, Oliver was intrigued. — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 As a result, Share with App Developers starts out turned off. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 One study found that even having a phone turned off on a table nearby may be enough to impair a student’s academic performance. — James Marriott, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026 The show offered a welcome mix for Christians turned off by other TV offerings in the 1970s that reflected a culture changing too fast for them, said James Goff, a professor of American Church History at Appalachian State University. — Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 Eventually the curtain was closed again and the microphone in the room was turned off, but Pike could still be heard making gasping or snoring sounds. — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Even with the stove turned off, carbon monoxide levels were 14 parts per million (ppm), while nitrogen dioxide levels measured 14 parts per billion (ppb). — Carol J. Williams, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 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 Some people swear by it, while others were turned off by weird side effects. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 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
  • Run the floor, set hard screens and make the opposing center feel him.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
  • 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
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
  • Preckwinkle said recently that about 100,000 cubic yards of debris from the area has already been removed.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • India's Election Commission has so far removed more than 130 million names from the voter lists.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • On Saturday, around seven masked robbers shut off the alarms and surveillance cameras surrounding one of Marchesi Antinori’s cellars in Cortona.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Roberts’ video surveillance security system, police said, was shut off just before Russell arrived at his home.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of shut off
Adjective
  • The oil industry and big business groups were staunchly opposed.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • While 84% of Democrats and 72% of independents favor the policy, 66% of Republicans are opposed.
    — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of opposed
Verb
  • Last week, ProPublica detailed the case of two girls severely sickened last year after consuming raw goat milk from an unregulated farm in southern California.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The milk suspected to have sickened the girls didn’t come from one of the state’s dozen licensed farms.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of sickened
Verb
  • Towns finished with eight points, seven rebounds and three assists but turned the ball over three times, shot two-of-seven from the field, and lost his positional matchup to Davis, the former perennial All-Star whose career was derailed by injury.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In 2025, Tasveer acquired the Ark Lodge Cinema in Seattle’s Columbia City and turned it into the Tasveer Film Center, which shows international cinema every day of the week.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Turned off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20off. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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