off-putting

The result is jarring and off-putting to look at, even if the participants seem to be having fun.

There was a confessional vibe at times to the conversation, borne of a fear the left can exude a piety and loftiness off-putting to many.

This year’s Emmys employed a novel, off-putting and deeply annoying way of trying to keep acceptance speeches short.

“I am a loyal person,” Harris writes, which is not only self-justifying but has the slightly off-putting whiff of someone declaring, by golly, I’m just too honest.

"Sometimes people presume that they haven't served, or they are the wife of someone who has served, and that can be off-putting."