disgust vs off-put
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"Off-put" is not really a verb.
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I should have used "put off" or "turn off". So how do those compare to "disgust"?
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If somebody puts you off, you dislike them. If somebody turns you off, you are not interested in them. "Disgust" is stronger than both.
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You can use 'off-putting' for disgusting.
I'd call a turn-off something stronger than Mike suggests. "He really turns me off" suggests that he disgusts you in some way, not that you are simply not interested in him.
I'd call a turn-off something stronger than Mike suggests. "He really turns me off" suggests that he disgusts you in some way, not that you are simply not interested in him.
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You use the word "disgust" more casually than I do.
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