Does 'deterred' mean 'put off' in this sentence?

[Rich7]

Test No. incompl/inter-48 "Speaking 5 (The Wedding)", question 5

Neither of them was at all ......... by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.

(a) deterred
(b) defeated
(c) disturbed
(d) denied

Test No. incompl/inter-48 "Speaking 5 (The Wedding)", answer 5

Neither of them was at all deterred by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.

Correct answer: (a) deterred

Your answer was: incorrect
Neither of them was at all disturbed by this sort of behaviour as they just grew fonder of each other.
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can I have a synonym for this word in this contest?

Richy

[Alan]

This means put off.
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[Zarinamo]

Hello,
Why we cannot use disturbed???

[Mudium]

hi
thank you for this site .It is really helpfull to me
jyo

[Khumri64]

hi Alan
why deterred? why not disturbed

[Alan]

Hi Khumri,

You only need to ask the question once!

'Disturb' has several meanings. If you used it in the context of the test, it would suggest 'upset' but the meaning from the sentence is that the couple in the story were not deterred (put off) by the jokes other people were making about them becase it didn't make any difference and they simply became even fonder of each other. If you are not deterred by something that happens to you, it suggests that you still continue doing what you did before - it doesn't stop you.

Alan
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[Saneta]

they grew fonder of each other= they became to be fond of each other?
thanks!

[Kitosdad]

they became to be fond of each other?

Not really.

They became fond of each other.

They grew fond of each other.
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