put-off

Verbs

(v) hold back to a later time
- let's postpone the exam
defer, postpone, prorogue, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over,
(v) cause to feel intense dislike or distaste turn off,
(v) take away the enthusiasm of dishearten,
(v) cause to feel embarrassment
- The constant attention of the young man confused her
disconcert, flurry, confuse,
(v) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, fudge, parry, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck,

Synonyms

defer postpone prorogue set back shelve table put over remit hold over turn off dishearten disconcert flurry confuse evade hedge sidestep skirt fudge parry circumvent dodge elude duck

Antonyms

cheer embolden hearten recreate

Words of close approximity

put on put-on

put out