as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
while passing through the airport, don't do anything kinky that is likely to draw the suspicion of security
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Recent Examples of kinky
His approach was a bit kinky, though, and she was turned off by it.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
The vernacular of Combs’s activities comes across as kinky, not immediately nefarious.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
Today, kinky books make up an established genre, one that shares front-table space with other major releases and possesses its own classics and conventions.
—Lily Burana, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
Many Black women straighten their naturally curly or kinky hair so mainstream employers will perceive them as professional.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
The vernacular of Combs’s activities comes across as kinky, not immediately nefarious.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
Today, kinky books make up an established genre, one that shares front-table space with other major releases and possesses its own classics and conventions.
—Lily Burana, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
Many Black women straighten their naturally curly or kinky hair so mainstream employers will perceive them as professional.
—Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinky
Adjective
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But upon Bennet’s arrival, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the wealthy tycoon builds himself a prison cell in the basement, in an apparent act of meditative penance that forces Blakey into an inversion of traditional power dynamics.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Tasked with bringing into reality those that are a little further down on the bizarre end of the spectrum, the show’s prosthetics and VFX teams had their work cut out for them.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Because something very strange happens here.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Probably not, given the company’s strange hesitance to part ways with its current leadership.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Even with Muchová so clearly struggling, Osaka faced some weird jeopardy down the stretch.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Far from being dead, reunions exist now in a zone of distortion, a weird gray area in which many people feel obligated to go without quite knowing why.—
Jordan Michelman,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Several commenters expressed their support for him, saying emphatic no’s and doubling down on how funny the skit was.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The show has captured the world’s imagination with its charming, funny, and relatable observations about everyday family life.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The offense leaned heavily on deep routes that never had time to develop, a curious choice against a Browns front led by Myles Garrett.—
Mike Straw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Towards the middle of the month, Venus and Mars will spice things up in your personal life, which can result in flirtatious exchanges or curious meet-ups that quickly heat up.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There is an odd statistic connected to Osaka that means everything or nothing.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Beyond the site rise the blocky tops of many-coloured containers, the odd crane.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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James Watkins’s Clayface comes out in 2026 as well as Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock, who made her peculiar debut in Superman.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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This one is admittedly peculiar, but beloved in and around its hometown of Lexington, North Carolina, the epicenter of western-style NC barbecue.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Between February and May, when Dudek’s tenure ended, his erratic rhetoric and decisions routinely made front-page news.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Dyrdhal knew all too well Gooden’s penchant for erratic violence.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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