putting off
Deferring until later
Putting off is delaying or postponing something, typically a task or decision: I keep putting off calling the dentist.
The phrase often implies avoidance of something unpleasant or difficult.
Putting off can also mean repelling or discouraging someone: His arrogance was putting off potential clients.
A thing that creates such aversion is a put-off.
Authorized delay of obligation
- reschedulingSetting a different time
- postponementDelaying to later
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- adjournmentTemporary suspension of proceedings
tabling · suspension · moratorium · hiatus · shelving · backburnering · rain check · pushing back
Preventing through fear
- dissuadingAdvising against action
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- repulsingDriving off forcefully
- disgustingProvoking strong revulsion
alienating · turning away · driving away · nauseating · sickening · grossing out · revolting · appalling
Delay from uncertainty
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- disinclinationLack of desire
- aversionIntense dislike or repugnance
apprehension · misgivings · qualms · wariness · foot-dragging · half-heartedness · reticence · ambivalence
Act of escaping detection
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
- duckingBending to avoid impact
skirting · circumventing · evading · neglecting · shunning · bypassing · escaping
Thing that discourages action
- dishearteningCausing loss of hope
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
- dispiritingCausing loss of enthusiasm
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
dampening · deflating · disenchanting · disillusioning · uninspiring · demotivating · dissuasion · disincentive
deferment
Authorized delay of obligation
- reschedulingSetting a different time
- postponementDelaying to later
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
adjournment · tabling · suspension · moratorium · hiatus · shelving · backburnering · rain check · pushing back · buying time
deterring
Preventing through fear
- dissuadingAdvising against action
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- repulsingDriving off forcefully
disgusting · alienating · turning away · driving away · nauseating · sickening · grossing out · revolting · appalling · rebuffing
hesitation
Delay from uncertainty
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- disinclinationLack of desire
aversion · apprehension · misgivings · qualms · wariness · foot-dragging · half-heartedness · reticence · ambivalence · reservations
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- shirkingAvoiding obligatory tasks
ducking · skirting · circumventing · evading · neglecting · shunning · bypassing · escaping
deterrent
Thing that discourages action
- dishearteningCausing loss of hope
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
- dispiritingCausing loss of enthusiasm
daunting · dampening · deflating · disenchanting · disillusioning · uninspiring · demotivating · dissuasion · disincentive · dampener
- postponingdelaying, rescheduling, tabling, shelving, stalling
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, deferral
- stallingstall, stalling, delay, hesitate, dawdle
- Incomplete Actionsunfinished, partial, halfway, midway, interrupted
- driving awayrepelling, banishing, forcing out, shooing, dispersing
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
putting offgetting on with
Continuing without delay
jumping on · diving in · taking action · buckling down · knuckling down
putting offattracting
Drawing toward oneself
drawing in · enticing · welcoming · inviting · encouraging
off, put, postpone, puts, postponed, putter, procrastinate, postponing, procrastination