putting+off
31off-putting — adjective unpleasant or disconcerting. Derivatives off puttingly adverb …
32off-puttingly — adverb see off putting …
33put off — verb 1. hold back to a later time (Freq. 1) let s postpone the exam • Syn: ↑postpone, ↑prorogue, ↑hold over, ↑put over, ↑table, ↑shelve, ↑ …
34put off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put off : present tense I/you/we/they put off he/she/it puts off present participle putting off past tense put off past participle put off 1) to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not… …
35put off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you put something off, you delay doing it. [V P ing/n (not pron)] Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers... [V n P] The Association has put the event off until October. Syn: postpone …
36put something off — POSTPONE, defer, delay, put back, adjourn, hold over, reschedule, shelve, table; informal put on ice, put on the back burner. → put * * * postpone something they can t put off a decision much longer * * * ˌput sthˈoff derived to change sth to a… …
37To ease off — Ease Ease ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Eased} ([=e]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Easing}.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See {Ease}, n.] 1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest,… …
38off-putting — [ˌɒf ˈpʊtɪŋ] adj British used for describing something that you want to avoid because it is unpleasant …
39off-putting — /ɒf ˈpʊtɪŋ / (say of pooting) adjective Colloquial disconcerting; discouraging …
40off-putting — Discouraging. Disconcerting …
