variants
or less commonly kookie
kookier; kookiest
kookiness
noun
Examples of kooky in a Sentence
I'm not sure that someone with such kooky ideas on biology should be teaching the subject to high schoolers.
if you think that drugs aren't bad for you, you haven't met that guy's kooky friends
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Anyone surprised by how kooky this song is has not been paying enough attention to Robyn’s whole deal.
—Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Costume designer Lissy Turner drapes Parsons in flowy layers and embroidered velvet, conveying everything the audience needs to know about this woman and her kooky, open-minded beliefs.
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Rachel is showing her authentic self, and that authentic self is creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky.
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Lit Hub Approved, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Anyone surprised by how kooky this song is has not been paying enough attention to Robyn’s whole deal.
—Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Costume designer Lissy Turner drapes Parsons in flowy layers and embroidered velvet, conveying everything the audience needs to know about this woman and her kooky, open-minded beliefs.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
Rachel is showing her authentic self, and that authentic self is creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for kooky
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“Kooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kooky. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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