"put off" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-put off.ogg Forms: more put off [comparative], most put off [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} put off (comparative more put off, superlative most put off)
  1. offended, repulsed
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-adj-zNkx5bE6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 5 3 12 6 8 6 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 40 6 4 6 6 9 12 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 6 6 8 7 11 11 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 4 4 11 5 10 7 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 4 3 5 4 7 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 6 4 10 8 12 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 7 6 9 7 11 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 7 4 6 7 10 11 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 28 6 5 17 9 11 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 29 5 3 20 11 11 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 49 5 4 6 5 9 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 43 5 5 6 6 10 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 6 3 11 9 10 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 32 7 4 9 9 12 11 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 72 3 2 4 4 5 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 7 5 8 8 15 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 36 6 4 8 8 12 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 43 5 5 6 6 10 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 6 5 6 6 9 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 37 7 4 8 8 11 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 35 6 4 8 8 12 10 16
  2. daunted or fazed
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-adj-yKtiaidm

Verb

Audio: En-au-put off.ogg Forms: puts off [present, singular, third-person], putting off [participle, present], put off [participle, past], put off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> off}} put off (third-person singular simple present puts off, present participle putting off, simple past and past participle put off)
  1. (transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-iIlvobY1 Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 77 11 0 13 0 0
  2. (transitive) To delay (a task, event, etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (to delay): yubatmaq (Azerbaijani), отлагам (otlagam) (Bulgarian), 推遲 (Chinese Mandarin), 推迟 (tuīchí) (Chinese Mandarin), 順延 (Chinese Mandarin), 顺延 (shùnyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 延期 (yánqī) (Chinese Mandarin), lykätä (Finnish), ajourner (French), hinausschieben (German), hinauszögern (German), verschieben (German), verzögern (German), zurückstellen (German), αναβάλλω (anavállo) (Greek), halaszt (Hungarian), elhalaszt (Hungarian), elodáz (Hungarian), elnapol (Hungarian), draga á langinn (see langur) (Icelandic), tardigar (Ido), 延期する (enki suru) (alt: えんきする) (Japanese), បង្ខន (bɑɑngkhɑɑn) (Khmer), whakahoro (Maori), pāuhu (Maori), utsette (Norwegian Bokmål), utsetje (Norwegian Nynorsk), utsette (Norwegian Nynorsk), به تعویق انداختن (Persian), przełożyć (Polish), odłożyć (Polish), adiar (Portuguese), amâna (Romanian), откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отложи́ть (otložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), perecear (Spanish), dra i långbänk (Swedish), dra på (Swedish), skjuta upp (Swedish), відклада́ти (vidkladáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відкла́сти (vidklásty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), відстро́чувати (vidstróčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відстро́чити (vidstróčyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-Hxrd3UX5 Disambiguation of 'to delay': 19 68 2 3 3 4
  3. (transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-dd-zDmxO
  4. (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). Tags: transitive Translations (to cause to dislike; to discourage): rebuter (French), abschrecken (German), entmutigen (German), verprellen (German), die Lust nehmen (German), taszít (Hungarian), elveszi a kedvét (tőle) (Hungarian), отталкивать (ottalkivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-I0nDOEbY Disambiguation of 'to cause to dislike; to discourage': 1 2 1 91 2 3
  5. (transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-hqnTXik0
  6. (transitive, archaic) To take off (something worn). Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-put_off-en-verb-cRz-JX78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: off-putting, putoff [noun] Related terms: hold off, put on, take off, set off, throw off

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "French",
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "verzögern"
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "zurückstellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anavállo",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "αναβάλλω"
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "halaszt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to delay",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "elnapol"
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "draga á langinn (see langur)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "tardigar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "alt": "えんきする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "enki suru",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "延期する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑɑngkhɑɑn",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "បង្ខន"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "whakahoro"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "pāuhu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "utsette"
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          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "utsetje"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "utsette"
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        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "به تعویق انداختن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "przełożyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "odłożyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "adiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "amâna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otkládyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "откла́дывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otložítʹ",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отложи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "perecear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "dra i långbänk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "dra på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "word": "skjuta upp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidkladáty",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відклада́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidklásty",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "відкла́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidstróčuvaty",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відстро́чувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 68 2 3 3 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidstróčyty",
          "sense": "to delay",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "відстро́чити"
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          "text": "Please be quiet. I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off.",
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        "To distract; to disturb the concentration of."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of."
      ],
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    },
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          "text": "Almost drowning put him off swimming.",
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        "(transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing)."
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "rebuter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "abschrecken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "entmutigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "verprellen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "die Lust nehmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "taszít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "word": "elveszi a kedvét (tőle)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 2 1 91 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ottalkivatʹ",
          "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отталкивать"
        }
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          "text": "This type of firewood puts off a strong smell.",
          "type": "example"
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        "(transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.)."
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to put off a mask",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 207:",
          "text": "The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have the chance to put it off and scramble back into your human integument.",
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        "To take off (something worn)."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To take off (something worn)."
      ],
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      "word": "rebuter"
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      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to cause to dislike; to discourage",
      "word": "elveszi a kedvét (tőle)"
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        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "put off (comparative more put off, superlative most put off)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The guest was quite put off by an odor.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offended, repulsed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "repulsed",
          "repulsed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "daunted or fazed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daunted",
          "daunted"
        ],
        [
          "fazed",
          "fazed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "En-au-put off.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "put off"
}

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