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
Luster follows the thorny misadventures of Edie, a disaffected publishing employee who enters a somewhat kinky affair with Eric, a digital archivist living in New Jersey.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 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
Luster follows the thorny misadventures of Edie, a disaffected publishing employee who enters a somewhat kinky affair with Eric, a digital archivist living in New Jersey.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinky
Adjective
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The indictment of Adams’ former top advisor came a day after another member of Adams’ inner circle became embroiled in a bizarre apparent bribery attempt involving a news reporter.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Even the after effects of New Zealand’s oil and gas drilling ban did not create such a bizarre set of circumstances and pricing pain points.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At the campaign’s first big canvassing event in mid-December, primary field director Tascha Van Auken noticed something strange happening.—
Mark Chiusano,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Death Valley’s Racetrack Playa is home to some very strange rocks.—
Andrew Paul Aug 14,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Two-tone paint job and that weird hump of a trunk, remember?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Like everybody else in the show, he’s squeezed by the various, weird incentives of a capitalist medical system.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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However, Perry apparently didn’t find the post funny.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
11 Aug. 2025
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Those sorts of stunts—vaguely reckless, endearing, kind of funny—feel indicative of DeMarco’s general lack of interest in taking himself too seriously.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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In addition to making great fodder for urban spelunkers, the photos carry their own curious history.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
22 Aug. 2025
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At the shelter, the 5-year-old pup has become known for his resilient and curious nature.—
Simone Jasper,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In an odd coincidence, The Long Walk actually represents the first of two King novels that were released under his Richard Bachman pen name that have been adapted into films this fall, and both are about dystopian contests.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
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The first chunk of Highest 2 Lowest mulls this odd moral dilemma: whether King should pony up the massive ransom demanded for someone who isn’t family.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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They’re endangered, and a few years ago, the fish began dying at alarming rates from a peculiar sickness.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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This creates a peculiar situation where employees have better analytical tools at home than in the office where they’re paid to analyze, research and create.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The tech industry can be easy to hate—the erratic CEOs, the biased algorithms, the environmental damage.—
Sarah Rose Etter,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
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As observed through their youngest daughter as the film’s protagonist, a family of six’s move to a new home seems to trigger erratic, dangerous behavior in their oldest son.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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