turn-off
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- noun
- /ˈtɜrnˌɔf/
- Informal
:
desinterés
- Many people find excessive boasting to be a major turn-off during a date.
- the biggest turn-off
- a total turn-off
So the first big turn off for men is drama.
- So the first big turn off for men is drama.
- There's actual research that shows that certain things you do and say are turn offs.
- That is, if something is just trying to make a sale and it's a turn off.
- If you don't smell good can be a massive turn off.
- What are the biggest turn offs that you have?
- Do not show up with really dry, crusty, horrible feet because that is such a huge turn off.
- As a big girl, I feel big and broad enough as it is, so shoulder pads are normally a huge turn off for me.
- Now, I think that you going back to the guy who may mishandle that and be bragging in a way that kind of can be a turn off.
- That can be a huge turn off to a woman, even at times where she seems to continue along with the date or not be bothered.
- So come on, who wants to like not what is a bigger turn off of food for you?
- What I say to people is because it's so hard to listen to, that's the turn off.
- So it's like a turn off for them to fuck with you.
- So when we're saying, but we were so close, not being chosen by someone is should be the greatest turn off in the world.
- Obviously this one has alcohol light, so the body's thin, which is a turn off for me.
Examples
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Which is something I find rather annoying and is a pretty big turn-off.
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Zero status in society is a turn-off in reality.
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So the first big turn off for men is drama.
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And the number one turn off, pee on the toilet seat.
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What are the biggest turn offs that you have?
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When speaking to so many women out there, number one turn off is a man that is immature.
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Numbers and evidence are just too dry and much of a turn-off.
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When employers see too much education and too much of anything, it can be a turn-off.
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My biggest turn-off is that she threw out all the accepted folklore.
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It's a real turn-off.
Synonyms
Antonyms
How Unappealing
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Turn-off comes from the simple parts turn + off, like when you switch a light 'off' to make it stop. So a turn-off is something that 'turns your interest off' — it makes you lose interest or feel dislike.