put off (v.)
- adjourn
- appall
- blind
- blunt
- chill
- cloak
- color
- continue
- cool
- cover
- dally
- damp
- dampen
- defer
- deflect
- delay
- deter
- dillydally
- disaffect
- discourage
- disgust
- disincline
- distract
- divert
- dodge
- doff
- douse
- drop
- duck
- embark
- equivocate
- excuse
- extend
- feint
- fence
- front
- gloss
- guise
- handle
- hedge
- horrify
- indispose
- lag
- linger
- loiter
- mask
- nauseate
- offend
- parry
- pigeonhole
- poke
- postpone
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- pussyfoot
- quench
- recess
- recoil
- remove
- repel
- reserve
- revolt
- sail
- screen
- sham
- shelve
- shift
- shock
- show
- shrink
- shy
- sicken
- sidestep
- stay
- suspend
- swerve
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- trail
- trick
- undo
- unwrap
- varnish
- veil
- waive