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Examples of hinky in a Sentence
the cop was feeling hinky about the whole situation and was starting to think that it was a setup
after noticing that the driver seemed hinky, the border guard demanded that he submit to an inspection of his vehicle
Recent Examples of hinky from the Web
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Joonas Donskoi was battling a hinky shoulder that had been separated twice during the season.
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Origin and Etymology of hinky
alteration of argot hincty suspicious
hinky Synonyms
Synonyms
distrustful, dubious, doubtful [slang], mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, trustless, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unsettled, unsureAntonyms
certain, convinced, positive, sureRelated Words
ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal; diffident, insecure; halting, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, vacillating, waveringNear Antonyms
assured, confident, sanguine, self-assured; decisive, determined, resoluteLearn More about hinky
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