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• n  something causing antagonism or loss of interest
• n  a side road where you can turn off
  I missed the turnoff and went 15 miles out of my way

• In fact, the industrial park outside San Diego is kind of a turnoff.
• Take the R340 turnoff, follow the signs for Buffalo Hills in Wittedrift, and head to the Nyati JJJ Distillery, tel: (27-44) 535 9739, which is both a distillery and a game .

• negative stimulation

News & Articles

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• Report gives Md. a 'D' for manufacturing health
  Taxes make Md. 'one of the states to be avoided,' Indiana university says An Indiana university said Monday that it gave Maryland a "D" for its manufacturing-industry health, adding that tax levels are likely a turnoff for companies in the sector.        
  June 18, 2013 - Baltimore Sun
• Dislike someone you just met? Hear Hoda's theory
  Ever dislike someone you just met? Hoda thinks she knows why it happens.“Because they remind you of someone you can’t stand," she suggested Friday. "I don’t think it’s them initially."At least that’s the story she’s sticking to when it comes to a certain young lady in the building to whom Hoda said she felt an immediate aversion.“She would come in to my office and I would have an instant turnoff ...
  June 14, 2013 - NBC NEWS

Quotes

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• Patrick Chan in USA Today
  It was a bit of a turnoff, definitely,Chan said.
• Penny Chenery in CNNMoney.com
  When they crash and burn on the race track, it's such a turnoff,Chenery said. "People are really horrified about that and we can't afford it. We need to breed sounder horses."
• Sarunas Jasikevicius in Baltimore Sun
  They used to be extremely arrogant and it was kind of a turnoff for the world,Jasikevicius said before a recent exhibition in Macao. "The first thing I noticed about watching them play against Turkey [on July 31], they were actually pretty...