KINKY! Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

kinky

adjective

ˈkiŋ-kē

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 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 Bread dough The morning after Cathy and Heathcliff spy on Joseph (Ewan Mitchell) and Zillah’s (Amy Morgan) kinky stable tryst, Cathy loses her composure at the breakfast table watching a very wet dough (focaccia, maybe? —

Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kinky

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Then, to make the situation more bizarre, Arnaldi and Cobolli held a press conference together in the same room despite the former being sick and the latter being two days away from playing in a Grand Slam final.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 7 June 2026
The astronauts reported bizarre smells, and had issues flushing urine outside the spacecraft as designed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 June 2026