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Unpleasant or repellent, mentally or to the senses

Disconcerting, tending to cause uneasiness

Causing discouragement or despondency

Lacking friendliness or kindness to guests or visitors

Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose

Tending, or designed, to hinder or deter

Unfriendly, unwelcoming or cold in one's demeanor or dealings with others

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Adjective

Unpleasant or repellent, mentally or to the senses

stomach-turning

stomach-churning

beyond the pale

ill-favoured^UK

unprepossessing

strictly for the birds

very disgusting

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

unfit for human consumption

poverty-stricken

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

demoralizing^US

energy-consuming

demoralising^UK

very unpleasant

unpleasant-tasting

life-threatening

easier said than done

frightful-looking

no oil painting

not much to look at

as plain as a pikestaff

blood-and-thunder

like getting blood out of a stone

strong-smelling

Mephistophelian

not comfortable

dissatisfactory

unpleasant to breathe

unfit to breathe

mephistophelean

bargain-basement

pick-and-shovel

a load of pants

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“Our nanny started last week and has an off-putting smell. We like her and want to keep working with her, but the smell is unbearable and getting worse.”

Adjective

Disconcerting, tending to cause uneasiness

unfavourable^UK

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

disadvantageous

not encouraging

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“I understand the need for people to give to charities, but the hard sell is very off-putting.”

Adjective

Causing discouragement or despondency

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

“We found the enormity of the task before us quite off-putting.”

Adjective

Lacking friendliness or kindness to guests or visitors

Adjective

Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose

Adjective

Tending, or designed, to hinder or deter

Adjective

Unfriendly, unwelcoming or cold in one's demeanor or dealings with others

uncommunicative

undemonstrative

depersonalized^US

depersonalised^UK

self-controlled

strictly business

uncompanionable

nondiscriminatory

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