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kinked

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Synonyms & Antonyms of kinked

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in twisted, twisting

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for kinked

entwined,
swirled,
turned,
turning,
twined,
twining,
twisted,
twisting,
veering,
warped

bowed,
rounded

bending,
coiled,
coiling,
corkscrew,
curled,
curling,
curved,
curving,
looped,
looping,
spiral,
spiraling
(or spiralling),
wavy,
winding

meandering,
weaving

devious,
serpentine,
sinuous

crooked,
zigzag,
zigzagging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for kinked

direct,
linear,
right,
straight,
straightaway,
straightforward

unbent,
uncurled,
untwisted

undeviating,
unswerving

kinked

verb

past tense of kink

Synonyms & Antonyms of kinked (Entry 2 of 2)

as in turned, twisted

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for kinked

entwined,
swirled,
turned,
twined,
twisted,
veered,
warped

deflected,
diverted

coiled,
curled,
enrolled,
looped,
spiraled
(or spiralled)

incurvated,
incurved,
inflected,
reflected

dented,
dimpled

arced,
rounded

meandered,
waved,
weaved,
wound
(also winded)

arched,
bent,
bowed,
crooked,
curved,
hooked,
swerved

declined,
inclined,
sloped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for kinked

straightened,
unbent,
uncurled

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