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
All three are mired in different, dispiriting versions of mid-life crises, and get involved in a kinky kinda sorta love triangle.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
24 Mar. 2026
The affair between Clark and Carol called for some fairly ridiculous, kinky and specific acts in a hotel room.
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Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Something kinky and nasty that won’t leave a hint of regret the next morning.
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Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Also screening at the fest is Harry Lighton’s kinky BDSM romance Pillion, led by Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling and Alex Burunova’s Satisfaction, a study of the creative tension between two British composers with Laird and Whitehead.
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Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for kinky
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
24 Mar. 2026
The affair between Clark and Carol called for some fairly ridiculous, kinky and specific acts in a hotel room.
—
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Something kinky and nasty that won’t leave a hint of regret the next morning.
—
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
Also screening at the fest is Harry Lighton’s kinky BDSM romance Pillion, led by Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling and Alex Burunova’s Satisfaction, a study of the creative tension between two British composers with Laird and Whitehead.
—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for kinky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinky
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In a bizarre scene at the ceremony, his troops stood at attention as Ríos addressed them in a live video feed from a Bogotá prison.
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This has produced a toxic and bizarre backlash.
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Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls.
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The falseness of the medium, though, jibed with the falseness of most attempts, throughout American history, to make sense of this enormous, strange man.
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So, that was kind of quite weird.
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But storefronts across the city have long been weird hodgepodges, rife with misspellings and aesthetic incoherence.
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This scene is funny as well as poignant because Albert was played by the late Rob Reiner.
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But while there are occasionally funny moments, these movies are emblematic of the dumbing down of America.
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The film, released as an accompaniment to the band’s 2017 album, Spirit, is a curious reminder of the path music takes after it’s released into the world.
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To my father, wellness was not a goal to be optimized, but rather something that came naturally with a curious, family-oriented, and altruistic existence.
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Food also figured into other odd roadway incidents.
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Maternal Instinct lays out how Parker moved from a web of odd, though ultimately harmless lies about the fake pregnancy to killing her pregnant friend (Simmons-Hancock), and abducting her unborn fetus to present to her then-boyfriend, Wade Griffin, as their own.
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This is because of some peculiar accounting.
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Strange-looking body parts, peculiar backgrounds and photos of smiling teens who don’t actually exist.
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Weather officials say erratic winds have been sending smoke to different parts of the region this weekend.
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That, of course, was shown at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, where the Jabulani grabbed headlines for its erratic and unpredictable movement — so much so that there’s a Wikipedia page dedicated to its criticisms.
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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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