Englishoff-putting
adjective
a rather off-putting aroma |
while not exactly threatening, her manner was off-putting:
unpleasant, unappealing, uninviting, unattractive, disagreeable, offensive, distasteful, unsavory, unpalatable, unappetizing, objectionable, nasty, disgusting, obnoxious, repellent;
discouraging, disheartening, demoralizing, dispiriting, daunting, dismaying, forbidding, intimidating, frightening, formidable;
informal horrid, horrible;
rare rebarbative.