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
Like the series, Mask of the Phantasm does a nice job of catering both to kids and adults — this isn’t as intense as the Christopher Nolan films or as kinky as the Tim Burton movies, but it’s smartly written and respectful about what makes the Dark Knight such an evergreen character.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The vernacular of Combs’s activities comes across as kinky, not immediately nefarious.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 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
Like the series, Mask of the Phantasm does a nice job of catering both to kids and adults — this isn’t as intense as the Christopher Nolan films or as kinky as the Tim Burton movies, but it’s smartly written and respectful about what makes the Dark Knight such an evergreen character.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The vernacular of Combs’s activities comes across as kinky, not immediately nefarious.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 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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Amid violently bizarre practices and visually upsetting situations, Cam finally sees a bigger picture.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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After all, the saga involves asset seizures, the arrest and imprisonment of Citgo executives in Venezuela, prisoner exchanges, and multiple auction rounds in a bizarre, winding legal process.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At the heart of the discovery lies one of quantum mechanics’ strangest features — uncertainty.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The combination of climbing around this strange building and having heard the almost legendary stories about Karl-Göran was evocative and haunting.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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However, senior research strategist Michael Brown of foreign currency brokerage Pepperstone sketched out his theory after Miran’s weird triple mandate comment roiled bond trading desks across the globe.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of really weird stuff about the ancient world.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Above all, the film is simply very funny.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Funerals are not funny and responsible broadcasters always separate murder from mirth.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Even a humble vape pen could serve a website until too many curious visitors try to connect.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Occasionally a curious polar bear meandered near camp, which was always changing as the ice floe buckled and drifted across the Arctic Ocean.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Others focussed on Netanyahu’s odd choice of metaphor.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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The study would seem to be an odd choice to inform vaccine policy in the US.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An African American man (Corey Hawkins) is about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar white businessman with a European accent (Willem Dafoe) offers to rent his basement for the summer.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
20 Sep. 2025
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The notion of sketch comedy, of all things, as a guide to life, that its lack of a safety net is a metaphor for how to live, is niche and peculiar.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Simmons attributed the early struggles to some erratic snaps by center Julius Pierce along with FIU’s inability to execute double-team blocks.—
Alex Krutchik,
Miami Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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That same year, the actor was fired from the sitcom following a series of erratic public outbursts and reported clashes with showrunner Chuck Lorre.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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