to put off
22
3.7
- phrasal verb
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disuadir de
- And I was a little put off because he cared more about his hair than he did about me.
Some scapegoated children will be put off by a golden child sibling.
- Some scapegoated children will be put off by a golden child sibling.
- And they may be put off by people who violate moral codes.
- But many people are confused and really put off and confused by this dynamic.
- I was so upset and put off by people who weren't nice to everyone.
- But remember with Zowe you can always get a test through us and you shouldn't be put off by that or have to lie on the government forms.
- For some reason, I think for me, my generation of, of UK kids, I was really put off pills.
- This video is not to put off everyone or to glamorize anything or to say it's bad.
- So it comes back to my team that Oprah was a little put off by the way my agency was playing hardball with her.
- And then I'm also a little put off that you have a fantastic podcast voice that is far superior to mine.
- It's it's, it's too vulnerable and people really are put off, I think by somebody who's that raw.
- Just don't get put off by these big, hot twats who all have tiny cocks.
Examples
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But you really put me off.
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I think my crying was so loud, it put him off.
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I was always put off classic books because of English.
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And I feel like more people would be kind of put off by me if they got inside my head more.
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Do I put people off?
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In information and communication technology classes, students may be put off by a number of things that take place during classes.
Academic text (2012) -
Teenagers are very easily put off and will spread the word to all of their friends.
Academic text (2012) -
I was so upset and put off by people who weren't nice to everyone.
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Ms. Berger said that homeowners are being put off by the Deal's complicated finance arrangements.
Blog text (15) -
Some people are put off by loud music in restaurants, preferring quieter atmospheres.
Synonyms
68
2.7
To make people or animals go away by frightening them
47
2.5
Make a person or animal go away because they are afraid
44
4.4
To make someone feel strong dislike
43
5.8
Cause someone trouble by making things difficult for them
43
3.2
To stop other people from getting close to you emotionally
20
4.3
Make someone lose interest in doing something
8
5.6
Act in a way that makes other people avoid you
8
5.3
To make someone lose hope or confidence
7
7.1
To make someone feel uncomfortable or embarrassed
2
7.5
To reject someone quickly and rudely
1
3.3
To make someone or something go away by making them afraid
Antonyms
How Discouraging
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to discourage or repel' has a loose, metaphorical connection to the constituents: 'put' (place) + 'off' (away/from) can be construed as placing someone away from something, but this inference is not fully direct. The verb is also polysemous (e.g. 'put off' = postpone), so the discouraging sense is not reliably predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
Put off comes from the image of pushing someone or something away; a bad smell or rude behaviour can put people off and make them step back. So it means to 'discourage' someone or make them lose interest.