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offputting

offputting is the alternative form of off-putting.

Meaning of off-putting

Adjective

off-putting (comparative more off-putting, superlative most off-putting)

  1. Disconcerting, annoying or repulsive; tending to put off.
    • His habit of picking his nose is quite off-putting.

Forms of offputting

comparativemore offputting
superlativemost offputting

Origin of offputting

From off- + putting.

Words formed from offputting

Questions about offputting

What is offputting the alternative form of?
Offputting is the alternative form of off-putting.

Words near offputting in the dictionary

  1. offprinted
  2. offprinting
  3. offprints
  4. offput
  5. offputs
  6. offputting
  7. offputtingly
  8. offramp
  9. offramps
  10. offre
  11. offred

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