put off
Reschedule for later
Put off means to postpone or delay: We put off the meeting until next week.
It also means to repel or discourage someone: His arrogance put me off.
To be put off by something is to find it distasteful or unappealing.
You can put someone off by making excuses or stalling: She kept putting him off with vague promises.
Delay or submit
- delayEnforced waiting period
- rescheduleAssign a different time
- procrastinateDelay action unnecessarily
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
suspend · shelve · table · hold over · stall · push back · rain check · set aside
Diminish someone's confidence
- dissuadeConvince not to
- dauntDiscourage through fear
- intimidateInstill fear to control
- unnerveDisturb someone's composure
dismay · demoralize · dishearten · shake · faze · rattle · psych out · scare away
defer
Delay or submit
- delayEnforced waiting period
- rescheduleAssign a different time
- procrastinateDelay action unnecessarily
adjourn · suspend · shelve · table · hold over · stall · push back · rain check · set aside · mothball
discourage
Diminish someone's confidence
- dissuadeConvince not to
- dauntDiscourage through fear
- intimidateInstill fear to control
unnerve · dismay · demoralize · dishearten · shake · faze · rattle · psych out · scare away · turn away
repel
Drive off or disgust
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- sickenCause illness or disgust
- nauseateInduce queasiness or revulsion
gross out · offend · displease · repulse · appall · horrify · disturb · unsettle · alienate · ick
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, turn on, wait for, get up
- delayeddelayed, postponed, deferred, suspended, on hold
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, procrastinate
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- doing nothingdo nothing, stand still, sit tight, keep still, hold back