Synonym: circumvent, confuse, defer, disconcert, dishearten, dodge, duck, elude, evade, flurry, fudge, hedge, hold over, parry, postpone, prorogue, put over, remit, set back, shelve, sidestep, skirt, table, turn off. Similar words: put out, put on, out of, cut off, get out of, run out of, come out of, keep out of. Meaning: v. 1. hold back to a later time 2. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste 3. take away the enthusiasm of 4. cause to feel embarrassment 5. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).
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(61) The little fellow was not put off by anything.
(62) Do not be put off if some are howling.
(63) But ministers were put off by the cost.
(64) Antonio Cellini would not be put off so easily.
(65) I was put off by the old woman.
(66) The art deco cinema was closed; a round pile of elegance put off for good.
(67) It's human nature to put off doing things you don't like to do.
(68) Children with poor appetites are often put off when faced by a large mound of food on their plates.
(69) The administration's minority party has put off a decision whether to withdraw support for Prime Minister Albert Reynolds.
(70) Commissions and inquiries are rarely more than a device to allow politicians to put off taking decisions.
(71) But they still look for quality and are put off stores that repeatedly slash prices.
(72) Some clubs with injury problems and players missing through suspension have put off playing first round Yorkshire cup-ties.
(73) The panelists were put off by numerous ads promising a balanced federal budget but offering no specifics on how to achieve it.
(74) Even when ripe, these huge fruits have a greenish yellow skin and flesh, so don't be put off.
(75) I smiled and nodded but he would not be put off.
(76) A gravel pit search by divers was put off yesterday as experts continued checking the area.
(77) Not to be put off, Spurs urged the FA to hold an inquiry - but to no avail.
(78) While their four children were growing up, she put off fulfilling her ambition to run an antique shop of her own.
(79) Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow. Mark Twain 
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(80) It is not for economists, however, to be put off by a paucity of data.
(81) From both sides of Market, traffic will be so clogged up people will be put off....
(82) Although in non-stop pain, he has put off the operation until the Formula One championship season is over.
(83) She had put off her summer plans and decided to stay with him.
(84) Apart from this, the 1994 budget's main feature is to put off some hard decisions on weapons-procurement.
(85) His trusted advisers are at loggerheads, and he can not put off a decision much longer.
(86) Don't be put off, but we reckon you should think pink!
(87) Commissions and inquiries are little more than a device to allow politicians to put off taking decisions.
(88) In the commission's view these rules are so flexible that no company need be put off by them.
(89) A woman is more likely to be put off by a polished performer, if that is all he has to offer.
(90) When Foreman hurt his eye in training camp, the fight was put off for five weeks.
More similar words: put out, put on, out of, cut off, get out of, run out of, come out of, keep out of, out of work, out of date, out of order, out of sight, out of place, out of doors, out of danger, out of breath, out of control, out of practice, out of the question, put, put in, put up, input, put to, output, deputy, put away, put down, dispute, computer.