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Where does “off-putting” come from?

off-putting (English) comes from English put off — To procrastinate; To delay; To distract; to...

off-putting (English): Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to...

Definitions

  1. Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to...

Ancestry of “off-putting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishput offTo procrastinate; To delay; To distract; to...

Words derived from “off-putting”

  • off-puttingly
Every word from English put off →