turnoff

Examples

• All

• There's no bigger turnoff than a man who beats around the bush.

  Blog text (7)

• The excessive advertising on that website is a real turnoff for potential customers.

• It's a real turnoff, Lee.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Trust me, it is a really big turnoff.

  I'm Not Ashamed (2016)

• That would be a turnoff.

  Turbulence (1997)

• It's really quite a turnoff.

  EDtv (1999)

• For most guys, sexual repressiveness is a turnoff.

  The Last Days of Disco (1998)

• One-third of women report that facial hair is a turnoff.

  Blog text (17)

• Rihanna has a nice body, but those tattoos are a real turnoff.

  Blog text (21)

• Stating one's accomplishments is helpful, but do not come across as narcissistic; it is a turnoff for employers.

  Academic text (2012)

Synonyms

T

turn-off

vsturnoff

• Informal

5 5.0

Something that makes a person lose interest or feel dislike

refers to anything that makes someone lose interest or feel repelled

D

deadener

vsturnoff

7.7

A person or thing that makes a situation less exciting

causes active loss of interest or repulsion rather than just reducing feeling

Antonyms

I

interest

∞ 1.0

A feeling of wanting to know more about something

A

attraction

88 2.1

A quality that makes something interesting to people

How Off-Putting

deal-breaker

• Informal

30 3.7

repellent

5 6.1

turnoff

• Informal

7 5.1

annoyance

21 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology