March 6, 2009
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Biggest Turnoff
1. Messing hair
2. Bad breath
3. Crooked Teeth
4. Sweat showing in armpits
5. Dirty finger Nails
6. Wrinkled clothing
Which is the biggest turnoff in the opposite sex?
1. Messing hair
2. Bad breath
3. Crooked Teeth
4. Sweat showing in armpits
5. Dirty finger Nails
6. Wrinkled clothing
Which is the biggest turnoff in the opposite sex?
Comments (255)
Dirty nails, I suppose.
ewwwwwwwww
being a douche.
2
hair.
smell
bad breath. not acceptable in a society of Listerine, flavored toothpaste, and ALTOIDS!
curiously strong, no less.
out of those, bad breath.
Numero dos
bad breath for sure!
I’m a superficial bitch. Why isn’t bad looks up there?
Ok, seriously, bad breath.
Yes. (In this case meaning all.)
definitely bad breath.
the opposite sex turned out to be of the same sex previously…..
2
@maniacsicko - Sad.
…I have to pick one?
Dude, most of those are preventable. I wouldn’t fault someone for crooked teeth, though.
bad breath. ewww. just gross
bad breath probably….but I dated a smoker for a year..so not so much apparently…maybe crooked teeth? dunno.
Agreeing with the “bad breath” consensus.
2, 3, 4.
Also: smelling really, really horrible. I mean, it’s like, take a damn shower every once in awhile.
none of those,they are all minor compared to personality flaws which I find a much bigger turn off.
But if they are the choices…bad breath.
Bad breath tops this list.
*Everyone please note actual picture of Dan.
bad breath, sweaty armpits, dirty hair…
you just gotta keep it clean haa
Bad breath or dirty fingernails eww
Bad breath and dirty fingernails.
bad breath.
Given those choices: bad breath.
Bad breath, then maybe dirty fingernail…well, LONG dirty fingernails on guys. I would think women would gross out for sure with that. On the messy hair, some girls look quite cute….even sexy with messed up hair!
Biggest turnoff in a woman? A penis. (Oh San Fransisco, you trickster of a town!)
The pick-up lines. Ugh, I hate those, I might think I like someone, till they give a pick-up line, that immideatly takes any interest for them, and out of those, pretty much all but the messed up hair, I mean look at Robert Patterson, or however you spell it. With some people it just works.
Bad teeth. Sweat under arm pits.
Bad breath/obvious sweat stains. Gross.
Breath, nails – ew!!
That is NOT Dan, is it? I don’t remember what you look like.
@The44thHour - Really?
body odor
#2 and #5. Those are just yucky. Personal hygiene anyone?
bad breath
2. Bad breath
Lack of hygiene is a huge turn off, so on this list 2, 4, and 5.
Bad breath.
Keep that crap from being rank.
ODORS.
2, for sure.
crooked teeth can be pretty endearing if they’re clean and pretty otherwise. I like gaps between the two front teeth, it’s cute.
Out of the above, 2, 4, or 5.
Out of those, bad breath and sweaty armpits probably. My boyfriend chews gum and he will change his shirt if he can after he gets sweaty. The dirty finger nails is bad too but I can tolerate it as long as he washes his hands before getting in bed.
Ugh… bad breath! Gross!
@The44thHour - wait is this really a real picture of dan??? lol i don’t know what he looks like!
Arm pit stains. Ewwwwww.
Sweaty pits.
#2.
As for the sweaty armpits, you can’t help it if you have over hyper sweat glands. It’s like making fun of someone for having breast cancer. They didn’t ask for it. It’s just cruel.
bad teeth and breath. i admire a girl who has naturally decent breath.
bad manner!
I have naturally minty fresh breath, so that’s not a problem for me.
Bad breath. In fact, any type of of bad odor is a deal breaker.
out of those bad breath (smell in general)
2, 3, and 4.
But bad teeth are a huge turn off for me. Ew. Grody.
If you’re looking at someone from a distance… sweaty armpits. Unless, of course, if they’re playing some physical sports (not chess).
But bad breath would be numero uno in any other case. And instead of dirt under fingernails. Long fingernails on a guy is just plain gross *shudders*
i hate girls that are easy and into guys that are jerk-offs
bad breath.
biggest turnoff? being manipulated
From that list, bad breath. But I agree with seedsower–certain personality flaws and other character attributes can be much bigger turn-offs.
they’re all pretty bad
but probably bad breath – cause I WOULDNT WANT THEM TO OPEN THEIR MOUTH TO TALK
dirty finger nails is a major pet peeves for me – i would probably give them hand sanitizer / nail clipper
sweat showing in arm pit – thats BADD.. *holds nose*
smelly guys are gross, I don’t care how good looking they are. bleh
All of the above.
@JadedJanissary - hahaha!
stinky teeth/breath.
Extreme egotism.
But from your list, I’d have to say sweat showing in the armpits.
the crooked teeth is one of the turn offs I have but then the sweat would be the second. The biggest turn off would be people who don’t clean their ears. I hate that.
omgg def BAD BREATH… i have a weak stomach *shutters*
all of those.
+ body odor.
Bad breath.
@JadedJanissary - rofl XD
All of the above plus being a douche. =]
2, 4, 6
@The44thHour - wow, dan’s much younger than I thought. I thought he was bald…. cause of the profile pic.
Stinkiness in general. Anything that points at bad hygeine is gross.
3 and 5
And BTW–I always envisioned you a lot differenet looking than that picture!
Bad breath.
Although I learned today in Psychology (or yesterday, actually), that bad breath has only become socially unacceptable because of Listerine. Ha.
bad breath eww
Between sweat and bad breath. If you smell because of the sweat, too, you’re fucked.
bad breath.
Bad breath I think is the worst because it actually affects the other person physically, whereas the other traits are just visually unappealing which is easier to get over. I know a boy who looks exactly like Demitri Martin, dresses impeccably, has perfect boy hair, but has the worst coffee breath I’ve ever experienced and it’s an incredible turn-off even though i WANT to be able to get past it.
Crooked teeth can be endearing, messy hair is something people strive for, everybody gets pit stains occasionally, wrinkled clothes happen, and i quite frankly don’t look at someone’s fingernails unless they’re actually atrocious. Plus I had a boyfriend who was a sculptor and worked with clay, which was far sexier than clean fingernails (impossible with that profession) could ever be,
can i say stained teeth? sweaty arm pits i guess. cuz, that’s chronic.
I also want to say bluntness. so blunt, you don’t realize when your hurting somebody’s feelings you don’t mean to.
bad breath
Oh gosh, all of those are turnoffs. I especially hate body and facial hair. Height also plays a big factor.
I’d say bad breath, but my sense of smell is pretty much shot. Frankly, none of those by themselves is a deal-breaker for me. Now if you showed all those traits, I’d definitely wonder about you. Especially if it was our first date.
(I give a total pass on crooked teeth. That’s pretty hard to deal with on your own.)
all the above and then some.
I’d say the fastest way to lose my respect for any man would be spitting.
Bad breath and hygiene, I can live with crooked teeth because my teeth are slightly crooked and not straight because of the overbite I have.
@JadedJanissary -
I second this.
I can’t stand bad breath or dirt under his fingernails…gross.
bad breath is the worst, but I gotta say dirty nails is the runner up
everything except one and six. the rest i can’t stand..
Rudeness, I guess, will really turns me off. Nos. 2 & 5 are next in line.
DUH. We’re all human. Everyone has their own odors….
Deal with it!
Icky Teeth
And smelling funny lol
bad breath. and crooked teeth.
stupidity.
smoking.
dirty looking/trashy.
You mean “messy” hair, not “messing.” Tsk, tsk.
All of the above!! But bad breath has got to be the worst!
2, 3, 4, 5
The finger nails. I absolutely hate longer finger nails. That’s the most disgusting thing!
She has to be breathing…unassisted.
Bad breath and cracked teeth..
crooked teeth *cringe*
Bad breath!
Crooked teeth, bad breath and sweaty armpits.
Bad breath.
Finger nails, breath
bad breath
I would have to say “none of the above” since I like the gamer kinda guys, and their appearance doesn’t really take a priority. The worst turnoff is superficiality in my opinion, followed close by lack of intelligence.
Out of those, I’d have to say bad breath, simply because it’s hard to kiss someone who has just eaten an entire bag of Doritos with a whole can of jalapeno dip. >.<
I actually somewhat like sweaty guys… I like the smell of man as opposed to boy. Men sweat more, in my opinion. As long as it’s a clean sweat smell (Like, they’ve showered in the past 32-40 hours) and not just body odor.
antisoccermom
bad breath!
…but the rest are very close behind!
dirty fingernails
All of those except for messy hair, which I am forgiving of. Also smoking.
Bad breath and sweaty armpits.
2 and 4 for sure. ewwwww
Bad breath.
It makes me gag.
Bad breath! I mean, we can’t all be curiously strong ‘n’ fresh every moment of the day, but *real* bad breath is just… You know they don’t brush their teeth. YUCK.
Bad breath.
1. yucky facial hair (this is just a personal “ew” for me)
2. crooked, nasty-looking teeth
3. bad breath (smokers, etc.)
4. unkempt appearance (disheveled, greasy hair; clothes too big or too small, etc)
5. fat
With the first boyfriend, it was bad breath. Couldn’t get past that, but in the end, crooked teeth really bother me. Guess I could never live anywhere but the US.
(Look at the sports fan you picked for the photo, man! It’s a cinch he’ll take a while fixing your computer!)
I would say #3 the most: crooked teeth take longer to fix than the rest. If corrected, better teeth make a dramatic change in someone’s appearance, versus the other features mentioned. A quick shower and a switch of clothes would tidy up a nice lady. and if a toothbrush and some Listerine weren’t handy, some gum.
@aif_R_ted - Robert Pattinson. Yes, I’m one of THEM.
7. Being dirty and Clingy.
I hate clingy people.
The biggest turn offs for me are not physical things… those can be fixed. I guess for me the 5 biggest turn offs are 1.) spiritual emptiness 2.) racism, sexism 3.) a closed mind 4.) rudeness 5.) negative attitude toward life (being alive but not living) ………. ~Echo
Bad breath, definitely.
Bad breath isn’t reallly that bad…. just give them a mint to suck on…. What’s really bad is seeing swear stains under a persons arm…. and they smell…. and you can smell body odar… Trust me, theres a guy I know who is allergic to deordorant…. icky -really icky.
@echois23 - I so couldnt’ agree more. I would hate dealing with them.
There are far too many things about a woman which turn me on for any one thing to be a turn-off. (Except for racism)
#2 and guys who are shallow
i’d say 2 and 5.
and off the list: too much pride.
@The44thHour - Yeah, I was wondering if that was him, haha.
bad breath, if i have these to choose from
7. Religion
Other than that…Crooked teeth.
i agree to everything you said but some ppl dont think #3 is a turn off. Some people think it is cute…look at UK and Japan!! Ugly teeth is CUTE over there..haahahh!! but since i’m americanized…we are obsessed with straight teeth…hence all those money we spend on braces…omg! kekekke
all of them- -
Bad breath. I can get past the rest, but bad breath is a big turnoff, especially if you go to kiss her.
Also, I’ve met people who’ve been all of the above at once.
2 & 3 tied.
who are you??
1. Not laughing at my jokes.
Bad odor.
AIDS.
probaly bad breath and sweat stains. hygeiene is important for me.
All of the above.
The whole package is not a pretty picture. The eyes can take a lot, but the nose can’t.
#2 in eny sex/gender/orientayshun etc
Bad Breath, definitely. Eww!
Number two.
Excepting the crooked teeth, someone like this really shouldn’t even be allowed out of the house to date. Can I get an AMEN ladies? ;P
Eveything about the opposite sex is a turn off, cause am gay, lol! Good one! What’s the biggest turn off?! lol!
~Alexx
oh god teethh
2 for sure !
bad breath
1-5 are all major turn offs, wrinkled clothing I can accept as it is not really a hygiene issue.
2.
Bad Breath. YUCK
The smell of fish!!!
A Bad Stench in general is a major turn off. It shows very plainly that they don’t really care for/about themselfs. And I’m not about to be the one to do it. haha.
augh i cant pick LOL
2
Smoking. If a woman smokes, she immediately loses any appeal that she may have had.
2 & 5
Bad breath, but only because you didn’t list stupidity.
All of the above? Haha.
Being fat?
I do notice the messy hair right away. All these factors can change. Crooked teeth being the hardest to change. I think I dislike dirty finger nails because it’s easy to prevent and having implies a certain degree of negligence in appearance.
All of them, but mainly little or no personality.
@awokenfatality - Are you proposing a Sweaty Pits Awareness Month? It should be one of the summer months, I think.
bad jokes… and man boobs
Out of your list id say; crooked teeth lol. In high school I had a crush on this guy, I thought he was so dreamy until he opened his mouth lol I was like DAMN!.. never looked at him the same again.
bad breath.
4. Sweaty pits..
Some of the most attractive people I’ve seen had a few of those other things..
Especially the teeth thing..
Their smiles are beautiful..
THEY are beautiful..
Crooked teeth
cocky disrespectful personality…UGH!
@AasthaKathy - haha that made me laugh. lol
Bad breath and Crooked Teeth – major turn off.
Messing hair – sounds hot although I’m not completely sure what you mean by it (like bed hair?)
Bad hygiene definitely.
bad breath. though they all are, really…
All of those things + shitty personality.
4
Bad breath is not cool.
Out of those, bad breath.
2 and 3, without a doubt!
2 & 3
stench of any kind
2 & 3.
omg, i cannot stand crooked teeth.one of my biggest pet peves.
bad breath. I dont want to smell what you eat 2 hours after you eat it.
crooked teeth and sweaty pits!!!!! baaaah >:|
bad breath
i’m gonna have to say, arrogance
I would choose all of the above, but if I have to pick one it would be 2. Ewww dirty nails is digusting. Okay I really cant choose.
The dirty nails…in accordance with the stank breath. Just screams lack of hygiene. Blegh…can only imagine how horrific below the belt would be.
Bad breath and messy hair.
@TheBigShowAtUD - Curiously strong eh?
I think the biggest turn off is looking greasy…
bad breath!
lol
Crap. All 6 of those apply to me. I better get my wife some chocolate again.
Missing teeth, maybe?
Bad breath… I’m such a baby about smells. If something smells even a little bit bad, I can’t be near it.
Dirty nails by far! If you can’t keep them clean, then what else aren’t you doing?
1. MANWHORES!! lol
2. Smokers
3. Weirdos/creepsters… lol
4. Liberals
5. baggy pants
6. They like country/rap music
7. Long Fingernails on guys
8. Peach Fuzz lmao
9. Scrawny
10. Douches…
lol this is long! there’s probably more but I don’t want to sound too picky… haha ;P
Bad breath above all else. Really? Messy hair? Dirty hair maybe, but I really don’t care if it’s messy, sometimes it looks great that way.
Out of that list, bad breath and crooked teeth. Sweat stains aren’t bad if I know that he just exercised a lot or if it was a rather hot day.
bad breath. it’s especially disgusting when they’re really cute and you really like them, and then you get a whiff and think, “what was i thinking?”
Sweaty armpits. Girls aren’t supposed to sweat..come to think of it, I don’t like it on other guys either.
halitosis, for sure. though i’m not a fan of dirty fingernails either.
but also just being an overall jackass.
Four. Just bad hygiene habits altogether.
Sweaty armpits, dirty nails, bad breath. Bad hygiene is a big turn off.
some of those things are pretty nasty… eww.. except for crooked teeth? I mean if they’re not excessively out of whack then I think it’s cute. >.>
@DrugInducedDuck - yeah!!! I actually love messy hair….. lol
fat, old, short men, wearing leather jackets with the Harkey Davidson emblem on it, with long hair down past thier shoulders and totally bald on top.
Bad breath, I think.
@stixandstonz - Haha, that’s a classic motorcyle person though.
bad breath.
acne
love handles
ugly hands
skinny or too jacked
incessant talker >:0
jealous nut
stupid
no common sense
2 and 3.
B.O.
What about “not actually being of the opposite sex”?
Out of those listed, I’d have to say bad breath though.
Bad breath or sweatiness, maybe dirty nails but not really.
Males are males and males are great~
2-4. Even worse is BO.
2, 3, 4.
That guy is straight out of England.
Bad breath and foul smelling, sweating body is bad, too.
But arrogance should be number one
@niceBrice - Perhaps I am.
Sweaty armpits, I bet. -_-
Bad breath. EWW.
I’m sorry. I have issues with someone’s hygiene who I’m going to be kissing.
If you can’t do something as simple as brush your teeth, how do I know you take care of anything else?
2 and 3 is like on the same level.
Crooked teeth should not be counted! Not everyone is born with perfect teeth, and not everyone can afford getting them fixed. So long as they are pearly white and healthy, that should be fine.
greasy hair – and no, I don’t mean working under a car all day greasy. I mean, I haven’t washed my hair in a week. I”ve had guys tell me it’s “easier to maintain” that way! EW!
I don’t mind wrinkled clothes or messy hair. All the rest — ick.
All of the above!
@ModernBunny - I have to agree with modernBunny~~and its nice to meet a person who also uses the term DUDE~~i always get ranked on for using that word!~~But I haven’t been broken~~I will continue to use the word 8^D!!
bad breath and dirty nails. wrinkled clothes though? lol
i guess messy hair?
ever hear of a brush dude?!
All of those things. Men are gross.
Not clean all over….
lying is the biggest turn off
bad breath and the armpits mann.
ALL OF THE ABOVE…………………..
2, 3, 4, 5… seriously disgusting
definitely the bad breath, assuming it’s chronic. Once in a while is going to happen but I guess I wouldn’t know how chronic it is if I just met the guy.
Bad breath. I can’t deal… and crooked teeth… not like, mildy crooked, but if you look like you can open a can of soup using your teeth…then it’s a definite no.
stupiditiy or overly religious.
wrinkled clothing and bad breath.
It’s definitely got to be bad breath.
All of the above =P
bad breath & overall bitchyness
bad breath
badd breathhh winss
All of the above. But, if I have narrow it down, bad hygiene is the biggest turnoff. Which means bad breath and dirty finger nails. I don’t like guys that smells or looks like they have not taken a shower for a long time.
2 or 4. I HATE bad smells.
BaD bReAtH
ewwww
BAD BREATH!
All of them. Especially the “halitosis” thing. The mouth needs to be clean… But I also don’t like it when guys wear sandals… Eew.
1. Messing hair- doesn’t matter
2. Bad breath – that’s a no.
3. Crooked Teeth- doesn’t matter
4. Sweat showing in armpits- eh, maybe, if it smelled terrible and the sweat was everywhere
5. Dirty finger Nails- kinda gross
6. Wrinkled clothing-doesn’t matter
2 bad breath