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kinky

2 syllables · also kinkier, kinkiest
adjective
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As an adjective, kinky means full of kinks.

Meanings of kinky

6 meanings

adjective

  1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl.

  2. informalMarked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.

  3. Queer; eccentric; crotchety.

  4. (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes

    “kinky sex”

    “perverted practices”

    Similar: perverted

  5. (of hair) in small tight curls

    Similar: crisp, frizzly, frizzy, nappy

  6. (informal) strikingly unconventional

    Similar: far-out, offbeat, quirky, way-out

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for kinky →
adjective: (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre…
perverted
adjective: (of hair) in small tight curls
crispfrizzlyfrizzynappy
adjective: (informal) strikingly unconventional
far-outoffbeatquirkyway-out

Words that rhyme with kinky

pinkystinkypinkiedinkytwinkieslinkyinky

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