off-putting

1. 1.

   causing annoyance or repugnance

   “an off-putting remark”

   Similardispleasing
2. 2.

   tending to repel

   “The trappings of upper-class life are off-putting and sterile”

   Similarunappealing

Questions about off-putting

What does off-putting mean?

off-putting means "causing annoyance or repugnance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in off-putting?

off-putting has 3 syllables and divides as off--put-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.